Marsupial shrew
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The two species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia.
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Marsupial shrews | |
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Phascolosorex dorsalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Subfamily: | Dasyurinae |
Tribe: | Dasyurini |
Genus: | Phascolosorex Matschie, 1916 |
Type species | |
Phascogale dorsalis J. E. Gray, 1842 | |
Species | |
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The two species of these dasyurids are:[1]
- Red-bellied marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia)
- Narrow-striped marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)