According to the current taxonomy, the Myosoricinae are a subfamily of shrews. As such, they form one of three main types of shrews, the other two being the red-toothed shrews and the white-toothed shrews. They are the only one of the three to be found exclusively south of the Sahara Desert, and so they have been described in English as the African shrews, but also many white-toothed shrews are in Africa and therefore this term is more generally used for shrews from Africa in general.[1] (Another vernacular term is African white-toothed shrews, though this perpetuates the same confusion.) The subfamily has three genera and 20 species:
Myosorex varius is a forest shrew in the subfamily Myosoricinae
According to Furió et al.(2007)[2] the group should have the status of tribe, as a relict of the primitive subfamily Crocidosoricinae.[3]
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^Quérouil et al., 2001, Mol. Phyl. Evol. 20(2):185-195
^Furió, M.; Santos-Cubedo, A.; Minwer-Barakat, R.; Agustí, J. 2007. Evolutionary history of the African soricid Myosorex (Insectivora, Mammalia) out of Africa. J. Vert. Paleont. 27(4):1018-1032.
myosoricinae, according, current, taxonomy, subfamily, shrews, such, they, form, three, main, types, shrews, other, being, toothed, shrews, white, toothed, shrews, they, only, three, found, exclusively, south, sahara, desert, they, have, been, described, engli. According to the current taxonomy the Myosoricinae are a subfamily of shrews As such they form one of three main types of shrews the other two being the red toothed shrews and the white toothed shrews They are the only one of the three to be found exclusively south of the Sahara Desert and so they have been described in English as the African shrews but also many white toothed shrews are in Africa and therefore this term is more generally used for shrews from Africa in general 1 Another vernacular term is African white toothed shrews though this perpetuates the same confusion The subfamily has three genera and 20 species Subfamily Myosoricinae Genus Congosorex Congo shrews Phillips Congo shrew C phillipsorum Greater Congo shrew C polli Lesser Congo shrew C verheyeni Genus Myosorex forest and mouse shrews Babault s mouse shrew M babaulti Montane mouse shrew M blarina Bururi forest shrew M bururiensis Dark footed mouse shrew M cafer Eisentraut s mouse shrew M eisentrauti Geata mouse shrew M geata Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew M gnoskei Kahuzi swamp shrew M jejei Kabogo mouse shrew M kabogoensis Kihaule s mouse shrew M kihaulei Long tailed forest shrew M longicaudatus Meester s forest shrew M meesteri Oku mouse shrew M okuensis Rumpi mouse shrew M rumpii Schaller s mouse shrew M schalleri Sclater s mouse shrew M sclateri Thin mouse shrew M tenuis Forest shrew M varius Kilimanjaro mouse shrew M zinki Genus Surdisorex African mole shrews Aberdare mole shrew S norae Mount Kenya mole shrew S polulus Mount Elgon mole shrew S schlitteriMyosoricinae Surdisorex polulus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Eulipotyphla Family Soricidae Subfamily MyosoricinaeKretzoi 1965 Genera Congosorex Myosorex Surdisorex Myosorex varius is a forest shrew in the subfamily Myosoricinae According to Furio et al 2007 2 the group should have the status of tribe as a relict of the primitive subfamily Crocidosoricinae 3 References edit Querouil et al 2001 Mol Phyl Evol 20 2 185 195 Furio M Santos Cubedo A Minwer Barakat R Agusti J 2007 Evolutionary history of the African soricid Myosorex Insectivora Mammalia out of Africa J Vert Paleont 27 4 1018 1032 Reumer 1987 full citation needed This article about a shrew is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Myosoricinae amp oldid 1191715475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
