Notiosorex

Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.

Notiosorex[1]
Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Notiosoricini
Genus: Notiosorex
Type species
Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi
Coues, 1877
Species

Species

There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:

There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:[2]

  • N. repenningi
  • N. jacksoni
  • N. harrisi
  • N. dalquesti

References

  1. 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. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 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.


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