Biology:Congo shrew
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Congo shrews | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Myosoricinae |
| Genus: | Congosorex Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Myosorex polli | |
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Congosorex phillipsorum | |
The Congo shrews, members of the genus Congosorex, are mammals in the family Soricidae.[1] The genus contains these species:
- Phillips's Congo shrew, C. phillipsorum
- Greater Congo shrew, C. polli
- Lesser Congo shrew, C. verheyeni
References
- ↑ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700305.
Wikidata ☰ Q134766 entry
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