Suncus Ehrenberg, 1832

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 101

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Suncus Ehrenberg, 1832 . In Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys. Mamm., 2:k.

TYPE SPECIES: Suncus sacer Ehrenberg, 1832 (= Sorex murinus Linnaeus, 1766 ).

SYNONYMS: Pachyura, Paradoxodon, Plerodus , Podihik, Sunkus.

COMMENTS: Subfamily Crocidurinae ; see Repenning (1967:15). Occasionally regarded as part of Crocidura (e.g. Lekagul and McNeely, 1977:35), but accepted as a full genus by most authors. Includes Pachyura, Paradoxodon, and Plerodus ; see Meester and Lambrechts (1971), who revised the southern African species.

References

Lekagul, B., and J. A. McNeely. 1977. Mammals of Thailand. Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, Sahakarnbhat Co., Bangkok, 758 pp.

Linnaeus, C. 1766 - 1768. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Regnum Animale. pt. 1, pp. 1 - 532 [1766]; vol. 3, Appendix pp. 223 - 235 [1768]. 12 th ed. [Vol. 3, Regnum Lapideum, pp. 1 - 222, rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN, opinion 296]. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 3 vols.

Meester, J., and A. von W. Lambrechts. 1971. The Southern African species of Suncus Ehrenberg (Mammalia: Soricidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 27: 1 - 14.

Repenning, C. A. 1967. Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 565: 1 - 74.