Marsupial shrew
The two species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia.
| 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 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)
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phascolosorex". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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