Suncus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Suncus m

1. 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; Eulipotyphla – 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^[1] at Bucknell.