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Encyclopedia > Crocidura
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Crocidura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Wagler, 1832
Species
See text.

The genus Crocidura is one of twelve genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called White-toothed shrews or Musk shrews. Crocidura contains the largest number of species of any mammal genus. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families Erinaceidae Soricidae Talpidae Solenodontidae The biological order Insectivora in the past was used as a scrapbasket for a variety of small to very small, relatively unspecialized, insectivorous mammals. ... This article is about the animal; see also The Taming of the Shrew for the use of this term to describe a person. ... Genera see species list The White-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of two subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae. ... Johann Georg Wagler (1800 - 1832) was a German herpetologist. ... Genera Anourosorex Blarina Blarinella Chimarrogale Chodsigoa Congosorex Crocidura Cryptotis Diplomosodon Episoriculus Feroculus Megasorex Myoserex Nectogale Neomys Nesiotites Notiosorex Paracrocidura Ruwenzorisorex Scutisorex Solisorex Sorex Soriculus Suncus Surdisorex Sylvisorex Shrews are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family Soricidae. ... Genera see species list The White-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of two subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae. ... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes...


List of species

  • Alexandrian Shrew (C. aleksandrisi)
  • Highland Shrew (C. allex)
  • Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis)
  • Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum)
  • Arabian Shrew (C. arabica]])
  • Armenian Shrew (C. armenica)
  • Indochinese Shrew (C. attenuata)
  • Hun Shrew (C. attila)
  • Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi)
  • Bates's Shrew (C. batesi)
  • Mindanao Shrew (C. beatus)
  • Beccari's Shrew (C. beccarii)
  • Bottego's Shrew (C. bottegi)
  • Bale Shrew (C. bottegoides)
  • Buettikofer's Shrew (C. buettikoferi)
  • African Foggy Shrew (C. caliginea)
  • Canary Shrew (C. canariensis)
  • Cinderella Shrew (C. cinderella)
  • Congo Shrew (C. congobelgica)
  • Pantellerian Shrew (C. cossyrensis)
  • Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata)
  • Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei)
  • Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea)
  • Dent's Shrew (C. denti)
  • Desperate Shrew (C. desperata)
  • Dhofarian Shrew (C. dhofarensis)
  • Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura)
  • Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti)
  • Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi)
  • Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti)
  • Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius)
  • Elongated Shrew (C. elongata)
  • Heather Shrew (C. erica)
  • Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri)
  • Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens)
  • Flower's Shrew (C. floweri)
  • Fox's Shrew (C. foxi)
  • Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa)
  • Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra)
  • Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa)
  • Tiny Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina)
  • Glass's Shrew (C. glassi)
  • Goliath Shrew (C. goliath)
  • Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes)
  • Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps)
  • Mount Malindang Shrew (C. grandis)
  • Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei)
  • Luzon Shrew (C. grayi)
  • Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi)
  • Gueldenstaedt's Shrew (C. gueldenstaedtii)
  • Harenna Shrew (C. harenna)
  • Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae)
  • Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta)
  • Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida)
  • Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii)
  • Jackson's Shrew (C. jacksoni)
  • Jenkin's Shrew (C. jenkinsi)
  • Kivu Shrew (C. kivuana)
  • Lamotte's Shrew (C. lamottei)
  • Lemara Shrew (C. lanosa)
  • Ussuri Shrew (C. lasiura)
  • Latona Shrew (C. latona)
  • Sulawesi Shrew (C. lea)
  • Bicolored Shrew (C. leucodon)
  • Celebes Shrew (C. levicula)
  • Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew (C. littoralis)
  • Savanna Swamp Shrew (C. longipes)
  • Moorland Shrew (C. lucina)
  • Dramatic Shrew (C. ludia)
  • Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew(C. luna)
  • Mauritanian Shrew (C. lusitania)
  • MacArthur's Shrew (C. macarthuri)
  • MacMillan's Shrew (C. macmillani)
  • Macow's Shrew (C. macowi)
  • Malayan Shrew (C. malayana)
  • Manenguba Shrew (C. manengubae)
  • Maquassie Musk Shrew (C. maquassiensis)
  • Swamp Musk Shrew (C. mariquensis)
  • Dark Shrew (C. maurisca)
  • Max's Shrew (C. maxi)
  • Mindoro Shrew (C. mindorus)
  • Minute Shrew (C. minuta)
  • Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew (C. miya)
  • Rombo Shrew (C. monax)
  • Sunda Shrew (C. monticola)
  • Montane White-toothed Shrew (C. montis)
  • Mouse-tailed Shrew (C. muricauda)
  • Uganda Large-toothed Shrew (C. mutesae)
  • Dwarf White-toothed Shrew (C. nana)
  • Tiny White-toothed Shrew (C. nanilla)
  • Neglected Shrew (C. neglecta)
  • Negros Shrew (C. negrina)
  • Nicobar Shrew (C. nicobarica)
  • Nigerian Shrew (C. nigeriae)
  • Black White-toothed Shrew (C. nigricans)
  • Black-footed Shrew (C. nigripes)
  • Tenebrous Shrew (C. nigrofusca)
  • Nimba Shrew (C. nimbae)
  • Stony Shrew (C. niobe)
  • Olivier's Shrew (C. olivieri)
  • Amami Shrew (C. orii)
  • Osorio Shrew (C. osorio)
  • Palawan Shrew (C. palawanensis)
  • Paradox Shrew (C. paradoxura)
  • Small-footed Shrew (C. parvipes)
  • Pasha Shrew (C. pasha)
  • Pale Gray Shrew (C. pergrisea)
  • Guramba Shrew (C. phaeura)
  • Pitch Shrew (C. picea)
  • Pitman's Shrew (C. pitmani)
  • Flat-headed Shrew (C. planiceps)
  • Fraser's Musk Shrew (C. poensis)
  • Fuscous Shrew (C. polia)
  • Dusky Shrew (C. pullata)
  • Rainey Shrew (C. raineyi)
  • Egyptian Pygmy Shrew (C. religiosa)
  • Temboan Shrew (C. rhoditis)
  • Roosevelt's Shrew (C. roosevelti)
  • White-toothed Shrew (C. russula)
  • Moon Shrew (C. selina)
  • Serezkaya Shrew (C. serezkyensis)
  • Siberian Shrew (C. sibirica)
  • Sicilian Shrew (C. sicula)
  • Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (C. silacea)
  • Desert Musk Shrew (C. smithii)
  • Somali Shrew (C. somalica)
  • Narrow-headed Shrew (C. stenocephala)
  • Lesser Shrew (C. suaveolens)
  • Iranian Shrew (C. susiana)
  • Tanzanian Shrew (C. tansaniana)
  • Ugandan Shrew (C. tarella)
  • Tarfaya Shrew (C. tarfayensis)
  • Telford's Shrew (C. telfordi)
  • Thin Shrew (C. tenuis)
  • Thalia Shrew (C. thalia)
  • Therese's Shrew (C. theresae)
  • Sao Tomé Shrew (C. thomensis)
  • Tumultuous Shrew (C. turba)
  • Ultimate Shrew (C. ultima)
  • Usambara Shrew (C. usambarae)
  • Savanna Path Shrew (C. viaria)
  • Voi Shrew (C. voi)
  • Whitaker's Shrew (C. whitakeri)
  • Wimmer's Shrew (C. wimmeri)
  • Vermiculate Shrew (C. xantippe)
  • Yankari Shrew (C. yankariensis)
  • Zaphir's Shrew (C. zaphiri)
  • Zarudny's Shrew (C. zarudnyi)
  • Zimmer's Shrew (C. zimmeri)
  • Zimmermann's Shrew (C. zimmermanni)


 
 

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