Myosorex Gray 1838 (white-toothed shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Synonym: Congosorex Heim de Balsac and Lamotte 1956
Parent taxon: Crocidurini according to L. Van Valen 1967
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Diplomesodon, Feroculus, Paracrocidura, Praesorex, Solisorex, Surdisorex, Sylvisorex
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (2 collections), Spain (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), France (2), South Africa (2), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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