Episoriculus

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
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
See text

Species

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	Episoriculus fumidus Chimarrogale himalayica (Himalayan water shrew) Nectogale elegans (elegant water shrew) Neomys Neomys fodiens (water shrew) †Neomys newtoni Soriculus nigrescens (Himalayan shrew) †Nesiotites hidalgo †Asoriculus gibberodon Episoriculus Episoriculus leucops Episoriculus caudatus Episoriculus macrurus Chodsigoa Chodsigoa parca Chodsigoa sodalis Chodsigoa hypsibia

References

1. Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail. Ubio.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
2. Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
3. Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2003-04-14). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
4. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
5. Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
6. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
7. ADW: Episoriculus: Pictures. Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
8. Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Episoriculus. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
9. ITIS Standard Report Page: Episoriculus. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
10. Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2007-05-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
11. Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
12. Episoriculus - Encyclopedia of Life. EOL. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
13. "Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
14. Bover, Pere; Mitchell, Kieren J.; Llamas, Bastien; Rofes, Juan; Thomson, Vicki A.; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria; Alcover, Josep A.; Cooper, Alan; Pons, Joan (August 2018). "Molecular phylogenetics supports the origin of an endemic Balearic shrew lineage (Nesiotites) coincident with the Messinian Salinity Crisis". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 125: 188–195. Bibcode:2018MolPE.125..188B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.028. PMID 29608962. S2CID 5010906.

Further reading

• A guide to the mammals of China.
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), 19 1951: pp. 810. (Zoological Record Volume 88)