Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Zatheria
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Congosorex
Species (3): C. phillipsorum - C. polli - C. verheyeni
Name
Congosorex Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956: 167
Type species: Myosorex polli Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references
Heim de Balsac, H. & Lamotte, M. 1956. Évolution et phylogénie des soricidés africains. Mammalia 20(2): 140–167. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1956.20.2.140 Paywall Reference page.
Additional references
Hutterer, R. 1993. Order Insectivora. Pp. 69–130 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Hutterer, R., Barrière, P. & Colyn, M. 2001. A new myosoricine shrew from the Congo Basin referable to the forgotten genus Congosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 71(Suppl.): 7–16. PDF Reference page.
Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A. & Hutterer, R. 2005. A new species of Congosorex from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, with significant biogeographical implications. Journal of Zoology 265(3): 269–280. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006314 Paywall Reference page.
Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Congo Shrews
polski: kongoryjek
The Congo shrews, members of the genus Congosorex, are mammals in the family Soricidae.[1] The genus contains these species:
Phillips's Congo shrew, C. phillipsorum
Greater Congo shrew, C. polli
Lesser Congo shrew, C. verheyeni
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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