Episoriculus

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Episoriculus

| authority = Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966[http://www.ubio.org/NZ/detail.php?d=1&uid=238443 Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail]. Ubio.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.

| type_species = Sorex caudatus

| synonyms =

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Episoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily.[http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13191353 Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal]. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.[http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=112711 Namebank Record Detail]. Ubio.org (2003-04-14). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.{{Cite web|url=http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=3804592|title = ION: Index to Organism Names}}[http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=4428918 Namebank Record Detail]. Ubio.org (2005-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.{{Cite web|url=http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=2921402|title = ION: Index to Organism Names}} Its common is brown-toothed shrew.[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Episoriculus.html ADW: Episoriculus: Pictures]. Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21. It has been described as a subgenus to Soriculus in the past.[https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700420 Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Episoriculus]. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709694 ITIS Standard Report Page: Episoriculus]. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.[http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=9745950 Namebank Record Detail]. Ubio.org (2007-05-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-21. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China.[http://data.gbif.org/species/13191353 Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal]. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.

Species

Currently, the four identified species of the genus Episoriculus include:[http://www.eol.org/pages/34570 Episoriculus - Encyclopedia of Life]. EOL. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.{{cite web|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2333962|title=Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree|work=catalogueoflife.org|access-date=17 June 2015}}

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).{{Cite journal |last1=Bover |first1=Pere |last2=Mitchell |first2=Kieren J. |last3=Llamas |first3=Bastien |last4=Rofes |first4=Juan |last5=Thomson |first5=Vicki A. |last6=Cuenca-Bescós |first6=Gloria |last7=Alcover |first7=Josep A. |last8=Cooper |first8=Alan |last9=Pons |first9=Joan |date=August 2018 |title=Molecular phylogenetics supports the origin of an endemic Balearic shrew lineage (Nesiotites) coincident with the Messinian Salinity Crisis |url=http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/78769 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=125 |pages=188–195 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.028 |pmid=29608962 |bibcode=2018MolPE.125..188B |s2cid=5010906}}{{clade|{{clade

|1=Episoriculus fumidus

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|1={{clade

|1=Chimarrogale himalayica (Himalayan water shrew)

|2=Nectogale elegans (elegant water shrew)

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|label2=Neomys

|2={{clade

|1=Neomys fodiens (water shrew)

|2={{extinct}}Neomys newtoni

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