Marsupial shrew

Marsupial shrews
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Dasyurinae
Tribe:	Dasyurini
Genus:	Phascolosorex Matschie, 1916
Type species
Phascogale dorsalis Gray, 1842
Species
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The three species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia.

The three species of these dasyurids are:

• Phascolosorex brevicaudata
• Red-bellied marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia)
• Narrow-striped marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)

References[edit]

• Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.