Biology:Notiosorex
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Notiosorex[1] | |
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| Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Soricinae |
| Tribe: | Notiosoricini |
| Genus: | Notiosorex |
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| Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi Coues, 1877
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Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.
History
Notiosorex shrews have a fossil history that extends to the Miocene (i.e., mid-Hemphillian). The geographic distribution of the genus has always been in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[2]
Species
There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:
- Cockrum's gray shrew (N. cockrumi)
- Crawford's gray shrew (N. crawfordi)
- Large-eared gray shrew (N. evotis)
- Villa's gray shrew (N. villai)
- (N. tataticuli)
There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:[2]
- †N. dalquesti
- †N. harrisi
- †N. jacksoni
- †N. repenningi
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 281. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species". Western North American Naturalist 70 (2): 144–163. ISSN 1527-0904. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol70/iss2/2.
Wikidata ☰ Q1543771 entry
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