ADW: Suncus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Soricomorpha (insectivores)
        
        Family Soricidae (shrews)
        
        Subfamily Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews)
        
        Genus Suncus (musk shrews and pygmy shrews)
        
        Species Suncus aequatorius (Taita shrew)
        
        Species Suncus ater (black shrew)
        
        Species Suncus dayi (Day's shrew)
        
        Species Suncus etruscus (white-toothed pygmy shrew)
        
        Species Suncus fellowesgordoni (Sri Lanka shrew)
        
        Species Suncus hosei (Hose's shrew)
        
        Species Suncus infinitesimus (least dwarf shrew)
        
        Species Suncus lixus (greater dwarf shrew)
        
        Species Suncus madagascariensis (Madagascan shrew)
        
        Species Suncus malayanus (Malayan pygmy shrew)
        
        Species Suncus megalura (climbing shrew)
        
        Species Suncus mertensi (Flores shrew)
        
        Species Suncus montanus (Sri Lanka highland shrew)
        
        Species Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew)
        
        Species Suncus remyi (Remy's shrew)
        
        Species Suncus stoliczkanus (Anderson's shrew)
        
        Species Suncus varilla (lesser dwarf shrew)
        
        Species Suncus zeylanicus (jungle shrew)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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musk shrews and pygmy shrews