Suncus

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Suncus^[1] Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent

Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Crocidurinae
Genus:	Suncus Ehrenberg, 1832
Species
See text

Suncus is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.

[edit] Classification

Genus Suncus
- Taita Shrew (S. aequatorius)
- Black Shrew (S. ater)
- Day's Shrew (S. dayi)
- Etruscan Shrew (S. etruscus)
- Sri Lankan Shrew (S. fellowesgordoni)
- Bornean Pygmy Shrew (S. hosei)
- Least Dwarf Shrew (S. infinitesimus)
- Greater Dwarf Shrew (S. lixus)
- Madagascan Pygmy Shrew (S. madagascariensis)
- Malayan Pygmy Shrew (S. malayanus)
- Climbing Shrew (S. megalura)
- Flores Shrew (S. mertensi)
- Asian Highland Shrew (S. montanus)
- Asian House Shrew (S. murinus)
- Remy's Pygmy Shrew (S. remyi)
- Anderson's Shrew (S. stoliczkanus)
- Lesser Dwarf Shrew (S. varilla)
- Jungle Shrew (S. zeylanicus)

[edit] References

^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). "Order Soricomorpha (pp. 220-311)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 257-261. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700266.

Extant species of order Soricomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae

Crocidura
(White-toothed
shrews)

Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi) · East African Highland Shrew (C. allex) · Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis) · C. annamitensis · Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum) · Arabian Shrew (C. arabica) · Jackass Shrew (C. arispa) · Armenian Shrew (C. armenica) · Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata) · Hun Shrew (C. attila) · Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi) · Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis) · Batak Shrew (C. batakorum) · Bates's Shrew (C. batesi) · Mindanao Shrew (C. beatus) · Beccari's Shrew (C. beccarii) · Bottego's Shrew (C. bottegi) · Bale Shrew (C. bottegoides) · Thick-tailed Shrew (C. brunnea) · Buettikofer's Shrew (C. buettikoferi) · African Dusky Shrew (C. caliginea) · Canarian Shrew (C. canariensis) · Caspian Shrew (C. caspica) · Cinderella Shrew (C. cinderella) · Congo White-toothed Shrew (C. congobelgica) · C. cranbrooki · Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata) · Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei) · Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea) · Dent's Shrew (C. denti) · Desperate Shrew (C. desperata) · Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis) · Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura) · Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti) · Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi) · Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti) · Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius) · Elongated Shrew (C. elongata) · Heather Shrew (C. erica) · Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri) · Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens) · Flower's Shrew (C. floweri) · Bornean Shrew (C. foetida) · Fox's Shrew (C. foxi) · Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa) · Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra) · Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa) · Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina) · Glass's Shrew (C. glassi) · Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini) · Goliath Shrew (C. goliath) · Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes) · Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps) · Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis) · Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei) · Luzon Shrew (C. grayi) · Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi) · C. guy · Harenna Shrew (C. harenna) · C. hikmiya · Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae) · Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana) · Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta) · Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida) · Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii) · Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis) · North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae) · Indochinese Shrew (C. indochinensis) · Jackson's Shrew (C. jacksoni) · Jenkins' Shrew (C. jenkinsi) · Jouvenet's Shrew (C. jouvenetae) · Katinka's Shrew (C. katinka) · Ke Go Shrew (C. kegoensis) · Kivu Shrew (C. kivuana) · Lamotte's Shrew (C. lamottei) · Kivu Long-haired Shrew (C. lanosa) · Ussuri White-toothed Shrew (C. lasiura) · Latona's Shrew (C. latona) · Sulawesi Shrew (C. lea) · Sumatran Giant Shrew (C. lepidura) · Bicolored Shrew (C. leucodon) · Sulawesi Tiny Shrew (C. levicula) · Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew (C. littoralis) · Savanna Swamp Shrew (C. longipes) · Lucina's Shrew (C. lucina) · Ludia's Shrew (C. ludia) · Moonshine Shrew (C. luna) · Mauritanian Shrew (C. lusitania) · MacArthur's Shrew (C. macarthuri) · MacMillan's Shrew (C. macmillani) · Nyiro Shrew (C. macowi) · Malayan Shrew (C. malayana) · Manenguba Shrew (C. manengubae) · Makwassie Musk Shrew (C. maquassiensis) · Swamp Musk Shrew (C. mariquensis) · Gracile Naked-tailed Shrew (C. maurisca) · Javanese Shrew (C. maxi) · Mindoro Shrew (C. mindorus) · Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew (C. miya) · Kilimanjaro Shrew (C. monax) · Sunda Shrew (C. monticola) · Montane White-toothed Shrew (C. montis) · West African Long-tailed Shrew (C. muricauda) · Mossy Forest Shrew (C. musseri) · Ugandan Musk Shrew (C. mutesae) · Somali Dwarf Shrew (C. nana) · Savanna Dwarf Shrew (C. nanilla) · Peninsular Shrew (C. negligens) · Negros Shrew (C. negrina) · Nicobar Shrew (C. nicobarica) · Nigerian Shrew (C. nigeriae) · Blackish White-toothed Shrew (C. nigricans) · Black-footed Shrew (C. nigripes) · African Black Shrew (C. nigrofusca) · Nimba Shrew (C. nimbae) · Niobe's Shrew (C. niobe) · West African Pygmy Shrew (C. obscurior) · African Giant Shrew (C. olivieri) · Oriental Shrew (C. orientalis) · Ryukyu Shrew (C. orii) · Palawan Shrew (C. palawanensis) · Panay Shrew (C. panayensis) · Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew (C. paradoxura) · Small-footed Shrew (C. parvipes) · Sahelian Tiny Shrew (C. pasha) · Pale Gray Shrew (C. pergrisea) · Guramba Shrew (C. phaeura) · C. phanluongi · Phu Hoc Shrew (C. phuquocensis) · Cameroonian Shrew (C. picea) · Pitman's Shrew (C. pitmani) · Flat-headed Shrew (C. planiceps) · Fraser's Musk Shrew (C. poensis) · Polia's Shrew (C. polia) · Kashmir White-toothed Shrew (C. pullata) · Rainey's Shrew (C. raineyi) · Negev Shrew (C. ramona) · Chinese White-toothed Shrew (C. rapax) · Egyptian Pygmy Shrew (C. religiosa) · Sulawesi White-handed Shrew (C. rhoditis) · Roosevelt's Shrew (C. roosevelti) · Greater White-toothed Shrew (C. russula) · Ugandan Lowland Shrew (C. selina) · Lesser Rock Shrew (C. serezkyensis) · Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. shantungensis) · Siberian Shrew (C. sibirica) · Sicilian Shrew (C. sicula) · Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (C. silacea) · Desert Musk Shrew (C. smithii) · Sokolov's Shrew (C. sokolovi) · Somali Shrew (C. somalica) · Kahuzi Swamp Shrew (C. stenocephala) · Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. suaveolens) · Iranian Shrew (C. susiana) · Tanzanian Shrew (C. tansaniana) · Tarella Shrew (C. tarella) · Saharan Shrew (C. tarfayensis) · Telford's Shrew (C. telfordi) · Timor Shrew (C. tenuis) · Thalia's Shrew (C. thalia) · Therese's Shrew (C. theresae) · São Tomé Shrew (C. thomensis) · Christmas Island Shrew (C. trichura) · Turbo Shrew (C. turba) · Ultimate Shrew (C. ultima) · Usambara Shrew (C. usambarae) · Savanna Path Shrew (C. viaria) · Mamfe Shrew (C. virgata) · Voi Shrew (C. voi) · Voracious Shrew (C. vorax) · Banka Shrew (C. vosmaeri) · Lesser Ryukyu Shrew (C. watasei) · Whitaker's Shrew (C. whitakeri) · Wimmer's Shrew (C. wimmeri) · Hainan Island Shrew (C. wuchihensis) · Xanthippe's Shrew (C. xantippe) · Yankari Shrew (C. yankariensis) · Mikhail Zaitsev's Shrew (C. zaitsevi ) · Zaphir's Shrew (C. zaphiri) · Zarudny's Rock Shrew (C. zarudnyi) · Upemba Shrew (C. zimmeri) · Cretan Shrew (C. zimmermanni)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae (Cont.)

Diplomesodon	Piebald Shrew (D. pulchellum)

Feroculus	Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)

Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews)	Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (P. graueri) · Greater Large-headed Shrew (P. maxima) · Lesser Large-headed Shrew (P. schoutedeni)

Ruwenzorisorex	Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)

Scutisorex	Armored Shrew (S. somereni)

Solisorex	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)

Suncus	Taita Shrew (S. aequatorius) · Black Shrew (S. ater) · Day's Shrew (S. dayi) · Etruscan Shrew (S. etruscus) · Sri Lankan Shrew (S. fellowesgordoni) · Bornean Pygmy Shrew (S. hosei) · Least Dwarf Shrew (S. infinitesimus) · Greater Dwarf Shrew (S. lixus) · Madagascan Pygmy Shrew (S. madagascariensis) · Malayan Pygmy Shrew (S. malayanus) · Climbing Shrew (S. megalura) · Flores Shrew (S. mertensi) · Asian Highland Shrew (S. montanus) · Asian House Shrew (S. murinus) · Remy's Pygmy Shrew (S. remyi) · Anderson's Shrew (S. stoliczkanus) · Lesser Dwarf Shrew (S. varilla) · Jungle Shrew (S. zeylanicus)

Sylvisorex (Forest shrews)	S. akaibei · Cameroonian Forest Shrew (S. cameruniensis) · Grant's Forest Shrew (S. granti) · Howell's Forest Shrew (S. howelli) · Bioko Forest Shrew (S. isabellae) · Johnston's Forest Shrew (S. johnstoni) · Kongana Shrew (S. konganensis) · Moon Forest Shrew (S. lunaris) · Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (S. morio) · Greater Forest Shrew (S. ollula) · Lesser Forest Shrew (S. oriundus) · Rain Forest Shrew (S. pluvialis) · Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae

Anourosorex (Mole shrews)	Assam Mole Shrew (A. assamensis) · Giant Mole Shrew (A. schmidi) · Chinese Mole Shrew (A. squamipes) · Taiwanese Mole Shrew (A. yamashinai)

Blarinella (Asiatic short-tailed shrews)	Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (B. griselda) · Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (B. quadraticauda) · Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (B. wardi)

Blarina
(American
short-tailed shrews)

Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda) · Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis) · Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga) · Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (B. peninsulae)

Cryptotis
(Small-eared
shrews)

C. mexicana group: Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. mexicana) · Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (C. nelsoni) · Grizzled Small-eared Shrew (C. obscura) · Phillips' Smal-eared Shrew (C. phillipsii) ·

C. goldmani set: Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew (C. alticola) · Goldman's Broad-clawed Shrew (C. goldmani) · Goodwin's Broad-clawed Shrew (C. goodwini) · Guatemalan Broad-clawed Shrew (C. griseoventris) · C. lacertosus · C. mam · Oaxacan Broad-clawed Shrew (C. peregrina)

C. nigrescens group: Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew (C. brachyonyx) · Colombian Small-eared Shrew (C. colombiana) · Honduran Small-eared Shrew (C. hondurensis) · Yucatan Small-eared Shrew (C. mayensis) · Darién Small-eared Shrew (C. mera) · Merriam's Small-eared Shrew (C. merriami) · Blackish Small-eared Shrew (C. nigrescens)
C. thomasi group: Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew (C. equatoris) · Medellín Small-eared Shrew (C. medellinia) · Merida Small-eared Shrew (C. meridensis) · Wandering Small-eared Shrew (C. montivaga) · Peruvian Small-eared Shrew (C. peruviensis) · Scaly-footed Small-eared Shrew (C. squaipes) · Tamá Small-eared Shrew (C. tamensis) · Thomas' Small-eared Shrew (C. thomasi)
C. parva group: Central American Least Shrew (C. orophila) · North American Least Shrew (C. parva) · Tropical Small-eared Shrew (C. tropicalis)
ungrouped/relict: Enders's Small-eared Shrew (C. endersi) · Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (C. gracilis) · Big Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. magna)


Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews)	Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu) · Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica) · Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) · Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephalus) · Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani) · Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)

Chodsigoa	Van Sung's Shrew (C. caovansunga) · De Winton's Shrew (C. hypsibia) · Lamulate Shrew (C. lamula) · Lowe's Shrew (C. parca) · Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (C. parva) · Salenski's Shrew (C. salenskii) · Smith's Shrew (C. smithii) · Lesser Taiwanese Shrew (C. sodalis)

Episoriculus	Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew (E. caudatus) · Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (E. fumidus) · Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (E. leucops) · Long-tailed Mountain Shrew (E. macrurus)

Nectogale	Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)

Neomys	Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus) · Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens) · Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)

Soriculus	Himalayan Shrew (S. nigrescens)


Megasorex	Mexican Shrew (M. gigas)

Notiosorex	Cockrum's Gray Shrew (N. cockrumi) · Crawford's Gray Shrew (N. crawfordi) · Large-eared Gray Shrew (N. evotis) · Villa's Gray Shrew (N. villai)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae (Tribe Soricini)

Sorex
(Long-tailed
shrews)

Subgenus Otisorex	Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar) · Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus) · Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis) · American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi) · Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon) · Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri) · Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus) · Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus) · Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae) · Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus) · Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus) · Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis) S. vagrans complex: Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus) · Baird's Shrew (S. bairdii) · Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) · Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) · New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus) · Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus) · American Water Shrew (S. palustris) · Fog Shrew (S. sonomae) · Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans) S. cinereus group: Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica) · Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus) · Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni) · Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) · Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster) · Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris) · Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli) · Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi) · Preble's Shrew (S. preblei) · Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis) · Olympic Shrew (S. rohweri) · Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)

Subgenus Sorex	Dneper Common Shrew (S. averini) · Lesser Striped Shrew (S. bedfordiae) · Greater Stripe-backed Shrew (S. cylindricauda) · Chinese Highland Shrew (S. excelsus) · Azumi Shrew (S. hosonoi) · Chinese Shrew (S. sinalis) · Alaska Tiny Shrew (S. yukonicus) S. alpinus group: Alpine Shrew (S. alpinus) · Ussuri Shrew (S. mirabilis) S. araneus group: Valais Shrew (S. antinorii) · Common Shrew (S. araneus) · Udine Shrew (S. arunchi) · Crowned Shrew (S. coronatus) · Siberian Large-toothed Shrew (S. daphaenodon) · Iberian Shrew (S. granarius) · Caucasian Shrew (S. satunini) S. arcticus group: Arctic Shrew (S. arcticus) · Maritime Shrew (S. maritimensis) S. tundrensis group: Tien Shan Shrew (S. asper) · Gansu Shrew (S. cansulus) · Tundra Shrew (S. tundrensis) S. minutus group: Buchara Shrew (S. buchariensis) · Kozlov's Shrew (S. kozlovi) · Caucasian Pygmy Shrew (S. volnuchini) S. caecutiens group: Laxmann's Shrew (S. caecutiens) · Taiga Shrew (S. isodon) · Eurasian Least Shrew (S. minutissimus) · Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (S. minutus) · Flat-skulled Shrew (S. roboratus) · Shinto Shrew (S. shinto) · Long-clawed Shrew (S. unguiculatus) S. gracillimus group: Slender Shrew (S. gracillimus) S. raddei group: Radde's Shrew (S. raddei) S. samniticus group: Apennine Shrew (S. samniticus)

incertae sedis	Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae) · Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus) · Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami) · Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps) · Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei) · Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri) · San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon) · Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus) · Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii) · Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis) · Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Myosoricinae

Congosorex (Congo shrews)	Phillips's Shrew (C. phillipsorum) · Greater Congo Shrew (C. polli) · Lesser Congo Shrew (C. verheyeni)

Myosorex (Forest and mouse shrews)	Babault's Mouse Shrew (M. babaulti) · Montane Mouse Shrew (M. blarina) · Dark-footed Mouse Shrew (M. cafer) · Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (M. eisentrauti) · Geata Mouse Shrew (M. geata) · Nyika Mouse Shrew (M. gnoskei) · Kihaule's Mouse Shrew (M. kihaulei) · Long-tailed Forest Shrew (M. longicaudatus) · Oku Mouse Shrew (M. okuensis) · Rumpi Mouse Shrew (M. rumpii) · Schaller's Mouse Shrew (M. schalleri) · Sclater's Mouse Shrew (M. sclateri) · Thin Mouse Shrew (M. tenuis) · Forest Shrew (M. varius) · Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew (M. zinki)

Surdisorex (African mole shrews)	Aberdare Mole Shrew (S. norae) · Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (S. polulus)

Family Talpidae

Scalopinae
(New World moles
and relatives)

Condylura	Star-nosed Mole (C. cristata)

Parascalops	Hairy-tailed Mole (P. breweri)

Scalopus	Eastern Mole (S. aquaticus)

Scapanulus	Gansu Mole (S. oweni)

Scapanus (Western North American moles)	Broad-footed Mole (S. latimanus) · Coast Mole (S. orarius) · Townsend's Mole (S. townsendii)

Talpinae
(Old World moles
and relatives)


Euroscaptor	Greater Chinese Mole (E. grandis) · Kloss's Mole (E. klossi) · Long-nosed Mole (E. longirostris) · Himalayan Mole (E. micrura) · Japanese Mountain Mole (E. mizura) · Small-toothed Mole (E. parvidens)

Mogera	Echigo Mole (M. etigo) · Insular Mole (M. insularis) · Kano Mole (M. kanoana) · Kobe Mole (M. kobeae) · Small Japanese Mole (M. imaizumii) · Large Mole (M. robusta) · Sado Mole (M. tokudae) · Japanese Mole (M. wogura) · Senkaku Mole (M. uchidai)

Parascaptor	White-tailed Mole (P. leucura)

Scaptochirus	Short-faced Mole (S. moschatus)

Talpa	Altai Mole (T. altaica) · Blind Mole (T. caeca) · Caucasian Mole (T. caucasica) · European Mole (T. europaea) · Père David's Mole (T. davidiana) · Levant Mole (T. levantis) · Spanish Mole (T. occidentalis) · Roman Mole (T. romana) · Balkan Mole (T. stankovici)

Scaptonyx	Long-tailed Mole (S. fusicaudus)

Desmana	Russian Desman (D. moschata)

Galemys	Pyrenean Desman (G. pyrenaicus)

Dymecodon	True's Shrew Mole (D. pilirostris)

Urotrichus	Japanese Shrew Mole (U. talpoides)

Neurotrichus	American Shrew Mole (N. gibbsii)

Uropsilinae
(Chinese
shrew-like moles)


Uropsilus	Anderson's Shrew Mole (U. andersoni) · Gracile Shrew Mole (U. gracilis) · Inquisitive Shrew Mole (U. investigator) · Chinese Shrew Mole (U. soricipes)

Family Solenodontidae

Solenodon	Cuban Solenodon (S. cubanus) · Hispaniolan Solenodon (S. paradoxus)

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