Myosorex Genus of mammals
Myosorex mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family . The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews , contains these species :[ 2]
Babault's mouse shrew , M. babaulti Montane mouse shrew , M. blarina Bururi forest shrew , M. bururiensis [ 3] Dark-footed mouse shrew , M. cafer Eisentraut's mouse shrew , M. eisentrauti Geata mouse shrew , M. geata Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew, M. gnoskei [ 4] Kahuzi swamp shrew , M. jejei Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis [ 5] Kihaule's mouse shrew , M. kihaulei Long-tailed forest shrew , M. longicaudatus Meester's forest shrew , M. meesteri [ 6] Oku mouse shrew , M. okuensis Rumpi mouse shrew , M. rumpii Schaller's mouse shrew , M. schalleri Sclater's mouse shrew , M. sclateri Thin mouse shrew , M. tenuis Forest shrew , M. varius Kilimanjaro mouse shrew , M. zinki References
↑ Gray (1838). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 : page 124 . ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha" . In Wilson, D.E. ; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220– 311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 OCLC 62265494 . ↑ Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Hutterer, R.; Mwanga, J.; Ndara, B.; Davenport, L.; Karhagomba, I.B.; Udelhoven, J. (2011). "African Shrews Endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two New Species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo" . Journal of East African Natural History . 99 (2): 103– 128. doi :10.2982/028.099.0201 S2CID 84408848 . ↑ Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Hutterer, R.; Kaliba, P.; Mazubuko, L. (2008). "First record of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Malawi with description as a new species, Myosorex gnoskei " . Journal of East African Natural History . 97 (1): 19– 32. doi :10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[ 19:fromms] 2.0.co; 2 S2CID 85951806 . ↑ Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Huhndorf, M.H.; Plumptre, A.J.; Hutterer, R.; Kaleme, P.; Ndara, B. (2013). "Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin . 62 (2): 203– 219. ↑ Taylor, P.J.; Kearney, T.C.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Baxter, R.M.; Willows-Munro, S. (2013). "Cryptic diversity in forest shrews of the genus Myosorex from southern Africa, with the description of a new species and comments on Myosorex tenuis " . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 169 (4): 881– 902. doi :10.1111/zoj.12083
