Paracrocidura
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Genus of mammals
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Crocidurinae |
| Genus: | Paracrocidura de Balsac,1956 |
| Type species | |
| Paracrocidura schoutedeni de Balsac, 1956
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Paracrocidurais agenusofshrews.[1]They aremammalsin the familySoricidae.The vernacular namelarge-headed shrewsis sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the speciesCrocidura grandiceps.
The genus contains the following species:
- Grauer's large-headed shrew(Paracrocidura graueri)
- Greater large-headed shrew(Paracrocidura maxima)
- Lesser large-headed shrew(Paracrocidura schoutedeni)
References
[edit]- ^Hutterer, R. (2005)."GenusParacrocidura".InWilson, D.E.;Reeder, D.M (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 256.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
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