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Taxonomy
Suncus was named by Ehrenberg (1832). It is extant.
It was assigned to Crocidurini by Van Valen (1967); to Crocidurinae by George (1986); and to Soricidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Burney et al. (2008) and Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Crocidurini by Van Valen (1967); to Crocidurinae by George (1986); and to Soricidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Burney et al. (2008) and Silcox et al. (2010).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1832 | Suncus Ehrenberg |
1839 | Pachyura Selys Longchamps |
1897 | Plerodus Schulze |
1967 | Suncus Van Valen |
1968 | Suncus Kurten p. 46 |
1986 | Suncus George p. 158 |
1988 | Suncus Carroll |
2008 | Suncus Burney et al. p. 18 |
2010 | Suncus Silcox et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Suncus Ehrenberg 1832
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Suncus etruscus Savi 1822
Suncus murinus Linnaeus 1766 [Asian house shrew]
Suncus varilla Thomas 1895 [Lesser dwarf shrew]
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Invalid names: Suncus orangiae Roberts 1924 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pachyura Selys Longchamps 1839 [synonym], Plerodus Schulze 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available