Myosoricinae

Myosoricinae
	Surdisorex polulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Myosoricinae; Kretzoi,1965
Genera
	Congosorex; Myosorex; Surdisorex

According to the current taxonomy, theMyosoricinaeare asubfamilyofshrews.As such, they form one of three main types of shrews, the other two being thered-toothed shrewsand thewhite-toothed shrews.They are the only one of the three to be found exclusively south of theSahara Desert,and so they have been described in English as theAfrican shrews,but also many white-toothed shrews are in Africa and therefore this term is more generally used for shrews from Africa in general.^[1](Another vernacular term isAfrican white-toothed shrews,though this perpetuates the same confusion.)

Classification

The subfamily has three genera and 20 species:

Subfamily Myosoricinae
- GenusCongosorex- Congo shrews
  - Phillips' Congo shrew,C. phillipsorum
  - Greater Congo shrew,C. polli
  - Lesser Congo shrew,C. verheyeni
- GenusMyosorex- forest and mouse shrews
  - Babault's mouse shrew,M. babaulti
  - Montane mouse shrew,M. blarina
  - Bururi forest shrew,M. bururiensis
  - Dark-footed mouse shrew,M. cafer
  - Eisentraut's mouse shrew,M. eisentrauti
  - Geata mouse shrew,M. geata
  - Nyika mouse shrewor Nyika burrowing shrew,M. gnoskei
  - Kahuzi swamp shrew,M. jejei
  - Kabogo mouse shrewM. kabogoensis
  - Kihaule's mouse shrew,M. kihaulei
  - Long-tailed forest shrew,M. longicaudatus
  - Meester's forest shrew,M. meesteri
  - 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
- GenusSurdisorex- African mole shrews
  - Aberdare mole shrew,S. norae
  - Mount Kenya mole shrew,S. polulus
  - Mount Elgon mole shrew,S. schlitteri

According to Furió et al.(2007)^[2]the group should have the status of tribe, as a relict of the primitive subfamily Crocidosoricinae.^[3]

References

^Quérouil et al., 2001, Mol. Phyl. Evol. 20(2):185-195
^Furió, M.; Santos-Cubedo, A.; Minwer-Barakat, R.; Agustí, J. 2007. Evolutionary history of the African soricidMyosorex(Insectivora, Mammalia) out of Africa. J. Vert. Paleont. 27(4):1018-1032.
^Reumer, 1987^{[full citation needed]}

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[1] Quérouil et al., 2001, Mol. Phyl. Evol. 20(2):185-195

[2] Furió, M.; Santos-Cubedo, A.; Minwer-Barakat, R.; Agustí, J. 2007. Evolutionary history of the African soricidMyosorex(Insectivora, Mammalia) out of Africa. J. Vert. Paleont. 27(4):1018-1032.

[3] Reumer, 1987^{[full citation needed]}

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