The complete mitochondrial genome of the Hainan Island Shrew, Crocidura wuchihensis [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 The Hainan Island Shrew Crocidura wuchihensis is a small-bodied insectivore species belonging to the Soricidae family. In this study, we determined its the complete mitochondrial genome.
Feiyun Tu, Xiaodan Hou, Yi Wang
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Shrews Under-Represented in Fruit Farms and Homesteads [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Shrews are a less studied group of small mammals than rodents. Between 2018 and 2022, we surveyed 23 sites in Lithuania, including natural and anthropogenic habitats, with the aim to assess the proportion of Soricidae in small mammal communities and ...
Linas Balčiauskas +3 more
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Gene expression reveals the pancreas of Aselli as a critical organ for plasma cell differentiation in the Eurasian common shrew [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Almost all mammals rely on the thymus and bone marrow to generate and differentiate B and T cells essential for adaptive immunity. A few members of the family Soricidae, or true shrews within Eulipotyphla, have also evolved an enlarged ...
William R. Thomas +8 more
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A specimen-based database of small-eared shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Cryptotis) in the Neotropical Region [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThis database compiles comprehensive occurrence information, based on voucher specimens of small-eared shrews, genus Cryptotis, that occur from México to Peru.
Lázaro Guevara +3 more
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The origin and evolution of shrews (Soricidae, Mammalia). [PDF]
Proc Biol SciShrews are among the most speciose of mammalian clades, but their evolutionary history is poorly understood. Their fossil record is fragmentary and even the anatomy of living groups is not well documented. Here, we incorporate the oldest, most complete fossil shrew yet known into the first phylogenetic analysis of the group to ...
Yuan H +4 more
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Integrative phylogenetic analysis of the genus Episoriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONEShrews in the genus Episoriculus are among the least-known mammals in China, where representatives occur mainly in the Himalayan and Hengduan mountains.
Yingxun Liu +6 more
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Viruses Identified in Shrews (Soricidae) and Their Biomedical Significance [PDF]
VirusesShrews (Soricidae) are common small wild mammals. Some species of shrews, such as Asian house shrews (Suncus murinus), have a significant overlap in their habitats with humans and domestic animals.
Huan-Yu Gong +6 more
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Functional volumes, niche packing and species richness: biogeographic legacies in the Congo Basin [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Understanding the determinants of species coexistence in complex and species-rich communities is a fundamental goal of ecology. Patterns of species coexistence depend on how biotic interactions and environmental filtering act over ecological and ...
Frederik Van de Perre +6 more
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Parasite, 2022 The Chinese mole shrew, Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872, is a common species of insectivorous mammal in Southwest China. Based on field investigations between 2001 and 2019, the present study reports the infestation of chiggers (larvae of ...
Li Bei +9 more
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eLife, 2021 The speciose mammalian order Eulipotyphla (moles, shrews, hedgehogs, solenodons) combines an unusual diversity of semi-aquatic, semi-fossorial, and fossorial forms that arose from terrestrial forbearers. However, our understanding of the ecomorphological
Kai He +8 more
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