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Notiosoricini[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Notiosoricini
Reumer, 1984[2]

Notiosoricini is a tribe of red-toothed shrews in the subfamily Soricinae composed of two extant genera, Notiosorex and the monospecific Megasorex. There are also two extinct fossil general known, Hesperosorex and Beckiasorex. Between the two extant genera, there are five extant species described. Unlike other soricine shrews, the Notiosoricini are unknown outside of the Americas.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Reumer, J.W.F. (1984). "Ruscinian and early Pleistocene Soricidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from Tegelen (The Netherlands) and Hungary". Scripta Geologica. 73: 1–173.
  3. ^ Rzebik-Kowalska, B. (2003). "Distribution of shrews (Insectivora, Mammalia) in time and space" (PDF). Deinsea. 10: 499–508. ISSN 0923-9308.