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GENUS Sylvisorex
Author: | Thomas, 1904. | Citation: | Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904(10): 12. | Type Species: | Crocidura morio Gray, 1862. | Comments: | For placement in Crocidurinae see Repenning (1967:15). The genus was regarded as part of Suncus by Smithers and Tello (1976), but was retained by Ansell (1978). Querouil et al. (2001) studied 16s rRNA sequences of four species and found the genus, as currently understood, polyphyletic. As a consequence, S. megalura is removed from Sylvisorex and included in Suncus. Further taxonomic action will require a careful analysis of all taxa. Heim de Balsac (1968) and Jenkins (1984) figured and discussed most of the species listed below. Maddalena and Ruedi (1994) and Schlitter et al. (1999) described karyotypes of five species. |
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