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Episoriculus  Ellermann and Morrison-Scott, 1951
Taxonomic Serial No.: 709694

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Soriculus (Episoriculus) Ellermann and Morrison-Scott, 1951
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada and Hasegawa, 1999  
                                  FamilySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews  
                                     SubfamilySoricinae G. Fischer, 1814  
                                        TribeNectogalini Anderson, 1879 – Old World water shrews, brown-toothed shrews  
                                           GenusEpisoriculus Ellermann and Morrison-Scott, 1951  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Episoriculus baileyi (Thomas, 1914) – Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus caudatus (Horsfield, 1851) – Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus fumidus (Thomas, 1913) – Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew, Taiwan Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus leucops (Horsfield, 1855) – Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus macrurus (Blanford, 1888) – Long-tailed Mountain Shrew, Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus sacratus (Thomas, 1911) – Sichuan Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus soluensis (Gruber, 1969) – Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew 
                                              Species Episoriculus umbrinus (G. M. Allen, 1923) – Hidden Brown-toothed Shrew 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor, Kai He, Rudolf Haslauer, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Soricidae (Shrews)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 332-550   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
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  Reference for: Episoriculus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott  
  Publication Date: 1966   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition   
  Page(s): 810   
  Publisher: Alden Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0565004484   
  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652   
  Reference for: Episoriculus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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