Myosorex (mouse shrews) |
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Drawing of the forest shrew (Myosorex varius) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Subfamily: | Myosoricinae |
Genus: |
Myosorex Gray, 1838 |
Type species | |
Myosorex varius Smuts, 1832 |
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Species | |
19, see text |
19, see text
Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species: