Notiosorex

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| name = Notiosorex{{MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 281}}

| fossil_range = Late Miocene to Recent,
{{fossil range|6.69|Present}}

| image = DesertShrew23.jpg

| image_caption = Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)

| taxon = Notiosorex

| display_parents = 2

| type_species = Sorex (Notiosorex) crawfordi

| type_species_authority = Coues, 1877

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Notiosorex is a genus of shrew from the subfamily Soricinae.

History

Notiosorex shrews have a fossil history that extends to the Miocene (i.e., mid-Hemphillian). The geographic distribution of the genus has always been in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Species

There are four described extant species of Notiosorex:

Cockrum's gray shrew (N. cockrumi)
Crawford's gray shrew (N. crawfordi)
Large-eared gray shrew (N. evotis)
Villa's gray shrew (N. villai)

There are several extinct species of Notiosorex described from the fossil record:{{cite journal | url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol70/iss2/2 | title=Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species | author=Carraway, L. N. | journal=Western North American Naturalist | year=2010 | volume=70 | issue=2 | pages=144–163 | doi=10.3398/064.070.0202 | issn=1527-0904| url-access=subscription }}

{{extinct}}N. dalquesti
{{extinct}}N. harrisi
{{extinct}}N. jacksoni
{{extinct}}N. repenningi

References

Category:Mammal genera