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Ruwenzorisorex Hutterer 1986

Description

Ruwenzorisorex Hutterer 1986

Ruwenzorisorex Hutterer 1986, Z. Saugetierk., 51: 260.

Type Species: Sylvisorex suncoides Osgood 1936

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Ruwenzorisorex suncoides (Osgood 1936)

Discussion: Data on the brain structure support generic separation; see Stephan et al. (1991). Genetic data show that Ruwenzorisorex and Suncus s. str. are sister taxa (Querouil et al., 2001).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 256, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hutterer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Ruwenzorisorex
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ruwenzorisorex Hutterer, 1986 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256.
  • Stephan, H., G. Baron, and H. D. Frahm. 1991. Comparative brain research in mammals, volume 1: Insectivora, with a stereotaxic atlas of the hedgehog brain. Springer-Verlag, New York, 573 pp.