Marsupial shrew

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The two species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia.

Marsupial shrews
Phascolosorex dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Tribe: Dasyurini
Genus: Phascolosorex
Matschie, 1916
Type species
Phascogale dorsalis
Species

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The two species of these dasyurids are:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Phascolosorex". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.