Biology:Blarinini

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Short description: Tribe of mammals

Blarinini
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North American least shrew of the Blarinini Tribe
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Blarinini
Kretzoi, 1965[1]
Genera
  • Adeloblarina
  • Blarina
  • Blarinoides
  • Cryptotis
  • Mafia
  • Paracryptotis
  • Peisorex
  • Shikamainosorex
  • Sulimskia
  • Tregosorex

Blarinini is a tribe of shrews of the subfamily Soricinae. The tribe contains ten genera, of which only Blarina and Cryptotis still exist today.[2]

References

  1. "Blarinini". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/KMY. 
  2. Blarinini in the Paleobiology Database

Wikidata ☰ Q15617349 entry