Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Soricidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Crocidurinae
()
- Genus:
Suncus
()
- Ehrenberg, in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
- Specific name:
murinus
- Subspecies:
soccatus
- Scientific name: - Suncus murinus soccatus
- Subspecies:
soccatus
- Specific name:
murinus
- Genus:
Suncus
(
- Subfamily:
Crocidurinae
(
- Family:
Soricidae
(
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Suncus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. aequatorius (Taita Shrew) · S. ater (Black Shrew) · S. dayi (Day's Shrew) · S. etruscus (Pygmy White-Toothed Shrew) · S. etruscus etruscus (White-Toothed Pygmy Shrew) · S. fellowes-gordoni (Ceylon Pigmy Shrew) · S. fellowesgordoni (Ceylon Pygmy Shrew) · S. hosei (Bornean Pgymy Shrew) · S. infinitesimus (Least Dwarf Shrew) · S. lixus (Greater Dwarf Shrew) · S. madagascariensis (Madagascar Pygmy Shrew) · S. malayanus (Malayan Pygmy Shrew) · S. megalura (Climbing Shrew) · S. mertensi (Flores Shrew) · S. montanus (Hill Shrew) · S. murinus (Indian Musk Shrew) · S. murinus murinus (Asian House Shrew) · S. remyi (Gabon Dwarf Shrew) · S. remyide (Remy's Shrew) · S. stoliczkanus (Anderson's Shrew) · S. varilla (Lesser Dwarf Shrew) · S. zeylanicus (Sri Lankan Shrew Shrew; Sri Lankan Shrew)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6615196
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2343129
