Crocidura

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Translingual

Crocidura ichnusae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús, “piece of wool”) (from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”)) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Proper noun

Crocidura f

A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – many shrews, called musk shrews.

Synonyms

Afrosorex

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; Crocidurinae - subfamily

References

Crocidura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Crocidura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Crocidura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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