Myosorex
| Myosorex (mouse shrews) | |
|---|---|
| Drawing of Myosorex blarina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Eulipotyphla | 
| Family: | Soricidae | 
| Subfamily: | Myosoricinae | 
| Genus: | Myosorex Gray, 1838 | 
| Type species | |
| Sorex varius Smuts, 1832 | |
| Species | |
| 19, see text | |
Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species:
- Babault's mouse shrew, M. babaulti
- Montane mouse shrew, M. blarina
- Bururi forest shrew, M. bururiensis
- Dark-footed mouse shrew, M. cafer
- Eisentraut's mouse shrew, M. eisentrauti
- Geata mouse shrew, M. geata
- Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew, M. gnoskei
- Kahuzi swamp shrew, M. jejei
- Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis
- Kihaule's mouse shrew, M. kihaulei
- Long-tailed forest shrew, M. longicaudatus
- Meester's forest shrew, M. meesteri
- Oku mouse shrew, M. okuensis
- Rumpi mouse shrew, M. rumpii
- Schaller's mouse shrew, M. schalleri
- Sclater's mouse shrew, M. sclateri
- Thin mouse shrew, M. tenuis
- Forest shrew, M. varius
- Kilimanjaro mouse shrew, M. zinki