Myosorex Explained
Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species:
- Babault's mouse shrew, M. babaulti
- Montane mouse shrew, M. blarina
- Bururi forest shrew, M. bururiensis [1]
- 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[2]
- Kahuzi swamp shrew, M. jejei
- Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis [3]
- Kihaule's mouse shrew, M. kihaulei
- Long-tailed forest shrew, M. longicaudatus
- Meester's forest shrew, M. meesteri [4]
- 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
Notes and References
- 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 . 10.2982/028.099.0201. 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 . 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[19:fromms]2.0.co;2. 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 . 10.1111/zoj.12083. free .
