Notiosorex

Notiosorex; Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent, ; 6.69–Present Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Soricinae
Tribe:	Notiosoricini
Genus:	Notiosorex
Type species
	Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi; Coues, 1877
Species
	N. cockrumi; N. crawfordi; N. evotis; N. villai; N. tataticuli;

Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.

History

Notiosorex shrews have a fossil history that extends to the Miocene (i.e., mid-Hemphillian). The geographic distribution of the genus has always been in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.^[2]

Species

There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:

Cockrum's gray shrew (N. cockrumi)
Crawford's gray shrew (N. crawfordi)
Large-eared gray shrew (N. evotis)
Villa's gray shrew (N. villai)

There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:^[2]

References

^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species". Western North American Naturalist. 70 (2): 144–163. doi:10.3398/064.070.0202. ISSN 1527-0904.

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[msw3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Carraway2010-2] Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species". Western North American Naturalist. 70 (2): 144–163. doi:10.3398/064.070.0202. ISSN 1527-0904.

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