Suncus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Suncus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – certain shrews.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Soricomorpha - order; Soricidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew) - type species; Suncus ater (black shrew), Suncus etruscus (Etruscan shrew), Suncus fellowesgordoni (Sri Lankan shrew), Suncus dayi (Day's shrew) - selected other species

References

Suncus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Suncus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Suncus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Suncus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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