Surdisorex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Subfamily: | Myosoricinae |
Genus: |
Surdisorex Thomas, 1906 |
Type species | |
Surdisorex norae Thomas, 1906 |
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Species | |
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 three species, all found only in Kenya, are: