Tregosorex Hibbard and Jammot 1971 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and D. Jammot. 1971. The Shrews of the WaKeeney Local Fauna, Lower Pliocene of Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(24):377-380

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

See also Carroll 1988 and Hibbard and Jammot 1971

Sister taxa: Adeloblarina, Blarina, Blarinoides, Cryptotis, Mafia, Paracryptotis, Peisorex, Shikamainosorex, Sulimskia

Subtaxa: Tregosorex holmani

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Type: Tregosorex holmani

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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