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Episoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily.[2][3][4][5][6] Its common is brown-toothed shrew.[7] It has been described as a subgenus to Soriculus in the past.[8][9][10] The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China.[11]
| Episoriculus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Tribe: | Nectogalini |
| Genus: | Episoriculus Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sorex caudatus | |
| Species | |
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Currently, the four identified species of the genus Episoriculus include:[12][13]
- Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (E. caudatus)
- E. c. sacratus
- E. c. umbrinus
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (E. fumidus)
- Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (E. leucops)
- E. l. leucops
- E. l. baileyi
- Long-tailed mountain shrew (E. macrurus)
The monophyly of the genus has been questioned, as E. fumidus has been found to be only distantly related to other species in the genus.
Phylogeny of Nectogalini based on DNA and morphological characters after Bover et al. (2018).[14]
| Nectogalini |
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