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Notiosorex

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Notiosorex[1]
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent,
6.69–Present Ma
Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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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  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species". Western North American Naturalist. 70 (2): 144–163. doi:10.3398/064.070.0202. ISSN 1527-0904.