Genus of mammals
Episoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. Its common is brown-toothed shrew. It has been described as a subgenus to "Soriculus" in the past. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China.
Species.
Currently, the four identified species of the genus "Episoriculus" include:
The monophyly of the genus has been questioned, as "E. fumidus" has been found to be only distantly related to other species in the genus.
Phylogeny of Nectogalini based on DNA and morphological characters after Bover et al. (2018).
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