Notiosorex

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Notiosorex[1]
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent,
6.69–Present Ma
File:DesertShrew23.jpg
Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Notiosoricini
Genus: Notiosorex
Type species
Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi
Coues, 1877
Species

Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.

History

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Notiosorex shrews have a fossil history that extends to the Miocene (i.e., mid-Hemphillian). The geographic distribution of the genus has always been in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[2]

Species

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There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:

There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:[2]

References

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