Beckiasorex Dalquest 1972 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1972.  A New Genus and Species of Shrew from the Upper Pliocene of Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 53(3):570-573

Parent taxon: Nectogalini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Carroll 1988 and Dalquest 1972

Sister taxa: Arctisorex, Crusafontina, Hesperosorex, Notiosorex

Subtaxa: Beckiasorex hibbardi

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Type: Beckiasorex hibbardi

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Beck Ranch ( of Texas)

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