Variation in the Shrew Genus Myosorex in Southern Africa
- 1 August 1958
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 39 (3) , 325-339
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1376141
Abstract
Myosorex Gray is one of the three genera of shrews occurring in Southern Africa, the other two being Crocidura Wagler and Suncus Hemprich and Ehrenberg. The affinities of these and other African shrews have been discussed in previous papers (Meester, 1953, 1954) and a recent paper by De Balsac and Lamotte (1956) includes an extensive discussion on the intrageneric classification of Myosorex, with the description of several new forms from Central and East Africa.Keywords
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