SORICIDAE, G. Fischer, 1814
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6870843 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D474A54-A028-8744-FD0A-AA9F15F9FB2D |
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Felipe |
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SORICIDAE |
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Family SORICIDAE View in CoL
(SHREWS)
• Minuscule to small quadrupedal carnivores with short limbs, slender bodies, pointed rostra, and cuspidate teeth.
• 5-30 cm. View Figure
• Holarctic, Indo-Malayan, Afrotropical, and Neotropical Regions. View Figure
• Typically moist areas with dense ground cover, from sea level to elevations of about 4000 m.
• 25 genera, 448 species, 628 taxa.
• 11 species Critically Endangered, 34 species Endangered, 24 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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