Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Ordo: Soricomorpha
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Soriculus
Species: S. nigrescens
Name
Soriculus (Blyth, 1854)
References
Soriculus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
English: Himalayan Mountain Shrews
Soriculus is a genus of shrew native to Asia. The Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) is the only extant member of the genus, though other species were once included here and there are also several fossil species included here.
Taxonomy
Soriculus is placed within the tribe Nectogalini. In the past this genus included many more extant species, but they have been moved to other genera such as Chodsigoa and Episoriculus. Species from the extinct European genus Asoriculus were also included here at one point. Currently the genus contains the extinct species Soriculus kashmiriensis and Soriculus kubinyi,[1] although in its description S. kashmiriensis was noted for being most closely related to species now placed in Chodsigoa.[2]
References
Kurten, Bjorn (2017). Pleistocene Mammals of Europe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351499477.
Sanwal, J.; Kotlia, B. (2005). "The first fossil Soriculus (Tribe Soriculini) in the Indian subcontinent from the Karewas of Kashmir, India". Journal of the Geological Society of India.
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