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
Genera (3): Congosorex - Myosorex - Surdisorex
Name
Myosoricinae Kretzoi, 1965
Type genus: Myosorex Gray, 1838
Synonymy
Myosoricini Kretzoi, 1965: 124 [original rank, as tribus]
Myosoricinae: Quérouil, Hutterer, Barrière, Colyn, Kerbis Peterhans & Verheyen, 2001: 192 [subsequent rank, elevated to subfamilia]
References
Primary references
Kretzoi, M. 1965. Drepanosorex – neu definiert. Vertebrata Hungarica 7(1-2): 117–128.
Quérouil, S., Hutterer, R., Barrière, P., Colyn, M., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & Verheyen, E. 2001. Phylogeny and Evolution of African Shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) Inferred from 16s rRNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(2): 185–195. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0974 Paywall Reference page.
Additional references
Maddalena, T. & Bronner, G. 1992. Biochemical Systematics of the Endemic African Genus Myosorex Gray, 1838 (Mammalia: Soricidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 38(3–4): 245–252. DOI: 10.1080/00212210.1992.10688672 Paywall Reference page.
Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Vernacular names
magyar: Afrikai fehérfogú cickányok
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.)
Classification
Further information: List of myosoricines
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. schlitteri
According to Furió et al.(2007)[2] the group should have the status of tribe, as a relict of the primitive subfamily Crocidosoricinae.[3]
References
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.
Reumer, 1987[full citation needed]
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