Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.
Notiosorex[1] Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent,
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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
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Species | |
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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]
There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:
There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:[2]