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GENUS Ruwenzorisorex

Author:Hutterer, 1986.
Citation:Z. SSugetierk., 51: 260.
Type Species:Sylvisorex suncoides Osgood, 1936.
Comments: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).
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SPECIES suncoides

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