Soriculus

Soriculus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Soricinae
Tribe:	Nectogalini
Genus:	Soriculus Blyth, 1854
Species:	S. nigrescens
Binomial name
Soriculus nigrescens (Gray, 1842)
Himalayan shrew range

Soriculus is a genus of mammal in the family Soricidae. Soriculus nigrescens, the Himalayan shrew, found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species Chodsigoa and Episoriculus, which occur in southeastern Asia, as well as those of the fossil European genus Asoriculus, were formerly included there.

References

• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Soriculus nigrescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.