Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 104

Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904 . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904(10): 12.

TYPE SPECIES: Crocidura morio Gray, 1862 .

COMMENTS: Subfamily Crocidurinae ; see Repenning (1967:15). The genus was regarded as part of Suncus by Smithers and Tello (1976), but was retained by Ansell (1978); it may be polyphyletic and its relation to Suncus requires further study. Jenkins (1984) figured and discussed most of the species listed.