Paracrocidura is a genus of shrews.[1] They are mammals in the family Soricidae. The vernacular name large-headed shrews is sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the species Crocidura grandiceps.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Crocidurinae |
| Genus: | Paracrocidura de Balsac, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Paracrocidura schoutedeni de Balsac, 1956
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The genus contains the following species:
- Grauer's large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura graueri)
- Greater large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura maxima)
- Lesser large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni)
References
edit- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Paracrocidura". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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