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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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SPECIES camerunensis

SPECIES granti

SUBSPECIES granti

SUBSPECIES mundus

SPECIES howelli

SUBSPECIES howelli

SUBSPECIES usambarensis

SPECIES isabellae

SPECIES johnstoni

SPECIES konganensis

SPECIES lunaris

SPECIES morio

SPECIES ollula

SPECIES oriundus

SPECIES pluvialis

SPECIES vulcanorum

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