Himalayan shrew
The Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus Soriculus within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species Chodsigoa and Episoriculus, which occur in southeastern Asia, as well as those of the fossil European genus Asoriculus, were formerly included there.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Soriculus |
| Species: | S. nigrescens |
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| Soriculus nigrescens (Gray, 1842) | |
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References
- Molur, S. (2016). "Soriculus nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41434A22319613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41434A22319613.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
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