Asoriculus Kretzoi 1959 (red-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Parent taxon: Neomyini according to H. Bert et al. 2025

See also Reumer 1998, Van Valen 1967 and Zoboli and Pillola 2017

Sister taxa: Amblycoptus, Anourosorex, Builstynia, Chimarrogale, Chodsigoa, Episoriculus, Megasorex, Nectogale, Neomys, Neomysorex, Soriculus

Subtaxa: Asoriculus gibberodon

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Germany (3 collections), Greece (2), Italy (5), Spain (1)

• Villafranchian of Italy (1)

• MN 16 of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Armenia (4), Greece (2), Spain (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Greece (1)

• Turolian of Greece (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Italy (1)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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