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Taxon: Genus Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904 - forest musk shrews (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla - (Family) Soricidae

Original position

Questionably Crocidurinae (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872

Current position

Crocidurinae (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872

Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 261.

Alternative positions

Soricidae (Family) Fischer, 1814

Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 36.

Historical positions

*Crocidurinae* (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872	Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 261.
*Crocidurinae* (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 293.
*Crocidurinae* (Subfamily) Milne-Edwards, 1872	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 104.
*Soricidae* (Family) Fischer, 1814	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 36.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[12s;4ss]
2005	R. Hutterer: 263	[12s;4ss]
1993	R. Hutterer	[10s]
1993	R. Hutterer	[10s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[8s]

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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025