Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Alternative spelling: Sorex (Crocidura)
Synonyms: Heliosorex Heller 1910, Leucodon Fatio 1869, Paurodus Schulze 1897, Rhinomus Murray 1861
Parent taxon: Crocidurinae according to S. B. George 1986
See also Allen 1895, Butler 1984, Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Crocidurini, Scutisoricini, Suncus
Subtaxa: Crocidura giffardi Crocidura horsfieldi Crocidura kornfeldi Crocidura leucodon Crocidura martiensseni Crocidura olivieri Crocidura russula Crocidura suaveolens Crocidura zimmermanni Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), China (2), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ethiopia (1), France (6), Germany (1), Greece (25), Hungary (12), Israel (7), Italy (20), Japan (3), Kenya (2), Morocco (3), the Philippines (3), Portugal (1), Romania (7), South Africa (6), Spain (10), Syria (1), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), Zambia (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Ethiopia (1), Greece (3), Hungary (4), India (3), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene of China (1), France (1), Namibia (1)
Total: 141 collections including 183 occurrences
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