Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Ordo: Soricomorpha
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Surdisorex
Species: S. norae – S. polulus – S. schlitteri
Name
Surdisorex Thomas, 1906
References
Kerbis Peterhans, J. , W.T. Stanley , R. Hutterer , T.C. Demos & B. Agwanda, 2009: A new species of Surdisorex Thomas, 1906 (Mammalia, Soricidae) from western Kenya. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56 (3): 175–183. Full article: [1].
Links
Surdisorex in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
English: Mole-Shrews
Surdisorex is a genus of mammals in the family Soricidae. Surdisorex is one of three genera of African shrews, which, in turn, are one of three living subfamilies of shrews. Species in the genus Surdisorex are called African mole shrews because of their similarity to moles, to which they are not closely related.
The genus Surdisorex represents Kenya's only endemic genus of mammal. Prior to the description of the Mount Elgon mole shrew (Surdisorex schlitteri), the genus included two species from the highlands of central Kenya; the Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae) restricted to the Aberdare Range and the Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus) restricted to Mount Kenya.[1]
Species
The three species, all found only in Kenya, are:
Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae)
Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus)
Mount Elgon mole shrew (S. schlitteri)
References
Wikispecies has information related to Surdisorex.
Kerbis Peterhans, J.; Stanley, W. T.; Hutterer, R.; Demos, T. C.; Agwanda, B. (2009). "A new species of Surdisorex Thomas, 1906 (Mammalia, Soricidae) from western Kenya". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 56:175–183.
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