Heterosorex ruemkeae Doukas 1986 (shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Full reference: C. S. Doukas. 1986. The mammals of the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part. 5. The insectivores. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 89(1):15-38

Belongs to Heterosorex according to C.S. Doukas 1986

Sister taxon: Heterosorex wangi

Type specimen: AMPG AL 3361, a tooth (M2 sin.). Its type locality is Aliveri, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Aliveri

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