Genus of mammals
Surdisorex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Eulipotyphla
Family:
Soricidae
Subfamily:
Myosoricinae
Genus:
Surdisorex Thomas , 1906
Type species
Surdisorex norae Thomas, 1906
Surdisorex is a genus of mammals in the family Soricidae . Surdisorex is one of three genera of African shrews , which, in turn, are one of three living subfamilies of shrews . Species in the genus Surdisorex are called African mole shrews because of their similarity to moles , to which they are not closely related.
The genus Surdisorex represents Kenya's only endemic genus of mammal. Prior to the description of the Mount Elgon mole shrew (Surdisorex schlitteri ), the genus included two species from the highlands of central Kenya; the Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae ) restricted to the Aberdare Range and the Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus ) restricted to Mount Kenya .[1]
Species [ ]
The three species, all found only in Kenya, are:
Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae )
Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus )
Mount Elgon mole shrew (S. schlitteri )
References [ ]
Wikispecies has information related to Surdisorex .
^ Kerbis Peterhans, J.; Stanley, W. T.; Hutterer, R.; Demos, T. C.; Agwanda, B. (2009). "A new species of Surdisorex Thomas, 1906 (Mammalia, Soricidae) from western Kenya". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 56:175–183.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Erinaceinae
Atelerix Erinaceus
Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis )
Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor )
West European hedgehog (E. europaeus )
Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus )
Hemiechinus
Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus )
Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris )
Mesechinus Paraechinus
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Galericinae
Echinosorex Hylomys
Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis )
Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus )
Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus )
Neohylomys
Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis )
Neotetracus
Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis )
Podogymnura
Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula )
Mindanao gymnure (P. truei )
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae
Crocidura (White-toothed shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae (continued)
Diplomesodon
Piebald shrew (D. pulchellum )
Feroculus Palawanosorex Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews) Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori shrew (R. suncoides )
Scutisorex Solisorex Suncus Sylvisorex (Forest shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae
Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews)
Blarinellini
Blarina (American short-tailed shrews) Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews)
Nectogalini
Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews) Chodsigoa Episoriculus 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 )
Notiosoricini
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae (tribe: Soricini )
Sorex (Long-tailed shrews)
Subgenus
Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar )
Smoky shrew (S. fumeus )
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 incertae sedis
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Myosoricinae
Scalopinae (New World moles and relatives)
Condylura
Star-nosed mole (C. cristata )
Parascalops
Hairy-tailed mole (P. breweri )
Scalopus
Eastern mole (S. aquaticus )
Scapanulus Scapanus (Western North American moles)
Talpinae (Old World moles and relatives)
Euroscaptor 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 Scaptochirus
Short-faced mole (S. moschatus )
Talpa Scaptonyx
Long-tailed mole (S. fusicaudus )
Desmana
Russian desman (D. moschata )
Galemys
Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus )
Dymecodon Urotrichus
Japanese shrew mole (U. talpoides )
Neurotrichus
American shrew mole (N. gibbsii )
Uropsilinae (Chinese shrew-like moles)
Solenodon
Cuban solenodon (S. cubanus )
Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus )