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{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}
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| image = The Congo Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1919) (20057971114).jpg
| color = pink
| image_caption = [[Lesser forest shrew]] (''Sylvisorex oriundus'') (lower image)
| name = Sylvisorex
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| taxon = Sylvisorex
| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1904
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| type_species = ''[[Sylvisorex morio|Crocidura morio]]''
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammalia]]
| ordo = [[Soricomorpha]]
| familia = [[Soricidae]]
| genus = '''''Sylvisorex'''''
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'''''Sylvisorex''''' is a genus of [[mammal]] in the [[Soricidae]] family.
The '''forest shrews''' are the members of the [[genus]] '''''Sylvisorex'''''. They are [[mammal]]s in the family [[Soricidae]]<ref>{{MSW3|id=13700287}}</ref> and are found only in [[Africa]]. The genus name comes from the Latin world "silva" which means "forest" and "sorex", which means "shrew-mouse". This reflects the nature of these shrews, which prefer forest habitats. All shrews are carnivorous, and eat continually to satisfy their high metabolic rate.<ref>Mukinzi, I.; Hutterer, R. & Barriere, P. 2009. A new species of ''Sylvisorex'' (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. ''Mammalia'' 73 (2): 130–134.</ref>
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It contains the following species:

* ''[[Sylvisorex camerunensis]]''
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The genus contains these species:
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* [[Grant's Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex granti'')

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* [[Howell's Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex howelli'')
* [[Isabella Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex isabellae'')
* [[Akaibe's forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex akaibei''
* [[Johnston's Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex johnstoni'')
* [[Cameroonian forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex cameruniensis''
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* [[Corbet's forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex corbeti''
* ''[[Sylvisorex konganensis]]''
* [[Crescent Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex lunaris'')
* [[Grant's forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex granti''
* [[Climbing Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex megalura'')
* [[Howell's forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex howelli''
* [[Arrogant Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex morio'')
* [[Bioko forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex isabellae''
* [[Forest Musk Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex ollula'')
* [[Johnston's forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex johnstoni''
* [[Mountain Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex oriundus'')
* [[Kongana shrew]], ''Sylvisorex konganensis''
* [[Moon forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex lunaris''
* ''[[Sylvisorex pluvialis]]''
* [[Volcano Shrew]] (''Sylvisorex vulcanorum'')
* [[Mount Cameroon forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex morio''
* [[Greater forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex ollula''
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* [[Lesser forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex oriundus''
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* [[Rain forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex pluvialis''
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[[Category:Soricidae]]
* [[Bamenda forest shrew]], ''Sylvisorex silvanorum''
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* [[Volcano shrew]], ''Sylvisorex vulcanorum''

==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:53, 10 December 2023

Sylvisorex
Lesser forest shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus) (lower image)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Thomas, 1904
Type species
Crocidura morio

The forest shrews are the members of the genus Sylvisorex. They are mammals in the family Soricidae[1] and are found only in Africa. The genus name comes from the Latin world "silva" which means "forest" and "sorex", which means "shrew-mouse". This reflects the nature of these shrews, which prefer forest habitats. All shrews are carnivorous, and eat continually to satisfy their high metabolic rate.[2]

The genus contains these species:

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Mukinzi, I.; Hutterer, R. & Barriere, P. 2009. A new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mammalia 73 (2): 130–134.


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