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Reference for:
Sylvisorex
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Sylvisorex
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
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/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sylvisorex
Sylvisorex: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Sylvisorex: Comments
Comment:
Comments: For placement in Crocidurinae see Repenning (1967:15). The genus was regarded as part of Suncus by Smithers and Tello (1976), but was retained by Ansell (1978). Querouil et al. (2001) studied 16s rRNA sequences of four species and found the genus, as currently understood, polyphyletic. As a consequence, S. megalura is removed from Sylvisorex and included in Suncus. Further taxonomic action will require a careful analysis of all taxa. Heim de Balsac (1968) and Jenkins (1984) figured and disc...