Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Myosorex
Species (19): M. babaulti – M. blarina – M. bururiensis – M. cafer – M. eisentrauti – M. geata – M. gnoskei – M. jejei – M. kabogoensis – M. kihaulei – M. longicaudatus – M. meesteri – M. okuensis – M. rumpii – M. schalleri – M. sclateri – M. tenuis – M. varius – M. zinki
Name
Myosorex Gray, 1838: 124
Type species: Sorex varius Smuts, 1832, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Gray, J.E. 1838. Mr. Gray communicated to the Meeting the following arrangement of the Sorices, accompanying his observations upon this group by the exhibition of the shrews in the Society's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837: 123–126. BHL
Additional references
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Kaliba, P. & Mazibuko, L. 2008. First record of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Malawi with description as a new species, Myosorex gnoskei. Journal of East African Natural History 97(1): 19–32. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[19:FROMMS]2.0.CO;2 Paywall Reference page.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Karhagomba, I.B. & Udelhoven, J. 2010. African shrews endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two new species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History 99(2): 103–128. DOI: 10.2982/028.099.0201 Paywall Reference page.
Taylor, P.J., Kearney, T.C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Baxter, R.M. & Willows‐Munro, S. 2013. Cryptic diversity in forest shrews of the genus Myosorex from southern Africa, with the description of a new species and comments on Myosorex tenuis. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 881–902. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12083 Paywall Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Forest Shrews
Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species:[2]
Babault's mouse shrew, M. babaulti
Montane mouse shrew, M. blarina
Bururi forest shrew, M. bururiensis [3]
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[4]
Kahuzi swamp shrew, M. jejei
Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis [5]
Kihaule's mouse shrew, M. kihaulei
Long-tailed forest shrew, M. longicaudatus
Meester's forest shrew, M. meesteri [6]
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
References
Gray (1838). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: page 124.
Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Hutterer, R.; Mwanga, J.; Ndara, B.; Davenport, L.; Karhagomba, I.B.; Udelhoven, J. (2011). "African Shrews Endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two New Species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo". Journal of East African Natural History. 99 (2): 103–128. doi:10.2982/028.099.0201. S2CID 84408848.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Hutterer, R.; Kaliba, P.; Mazubuko, L. (2008). "First record of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Malawi with description as a new species, Myosorex gnoskei". Journal of East African Natural History. 97 (1): 19–32. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[19:fromms]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85951806.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Huhndorf, M.H.; Plumptre, A.J.; Hutterer, R.; Kaleme, P.; Ndara, B. (2013). "Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 62 (2): 203–219.
Taylor, P.J.; Kearney, T.C.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Baxter, R.M.; Willows-Munro, S. (2013). "Cryptic diversity in forest shrews of the genus Myosorex from southern Africa, with the description of a new species and comments on Myosorex tenuis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (4): 881–902. doi:10.1111/zoj.12083.
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