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Suncus  Ehrenberg, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179960

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): white-toothed shrews [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada and Hasegawa, 1999  
                                  FamilySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews  
                                     SubfamilyCrocidurinae A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 – white-toothed shrews  
                                        GenusSuncus Ehrenberg, 1832 – white-toothed shrews  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Suncus aequatorius (Heller, 1912) – Taita Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus ater Medway, 1965 – Black Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus dayi (Dobson, 1888) – Day's Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822) – Etruscan Shrew, White-toothed Pygmy Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus fellowesgordoni W. W. A. Phillips, 1932 – Sri Lankan Shrew, Sri Lanka Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus hosei (Thomas, 1893) – Bornean Pgymy Shrew, Hose's Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus hututsi Kerbis Peterhans and Hutterer, 2009 – Hutu-Tutsi Dwarf Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus infinitesimus (Heller, 1912) – Least Dwarf Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus lixa (Thomas, 1898) – Greater Dwarf Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus malayanus (Kloss, 1917) – Malayan Pygmy Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus megalurus (Jentink, 1888) – Climbing Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus mertensi Kock, 1974 – Flores Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus montanus (Kelaart, 1850) – Asian Highland Shrew, Sri Lanka Highland Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766) – house shrew, Asian House Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus niger Horsfield, 1851 – Nilgiri Highland Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus remyi Brosset, Dubost and Heim de Balsac, 1965 – Remy's Pygmy Shrew, Remy's Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus sorella Thomas, 1897  
                                           Species Suncus stoliczkanus (Anderson, 1877) – Anderson's Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus varilla (Thomas, 1895) – Lesser Dwarf Shrew 
                                           Species Suncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928 – Jungle Shrew 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Suncus    
       
  Expert: Rainer Hutterer  
  Notes: Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany   
  Reference for: Suncus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Suncus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Suncus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor, Kai He, Rudolf Haslauer, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Soricidae (Shrews)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 332-550   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Suncus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Suncus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Suncus   
       

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