Plesiosorex soricinoides Blainville 1838 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae

Alternative combination: Erinaceus soricinoides

Synonym: Plesiosorex talpoides Pomel 1848

Belongs to Plesiosorex according to R. Ziegler 2009

See also van den Hoek Ostende 2003 and Ziegler 2005

Sister taxa: Plesiosorex aydarlensis, Plesiosorex coloradensis, Plesiosorex donroosai, Plesiosorex evolutus, Plesiosorex germanicus, Plesiosorex greeni, Plesiosorex latidens, Plesiosorex schaffneri, Plesiosorex styriacus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ulm-Westtangente (Miocene of Germany)

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