''Blarinella'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
shrew
Shrews ( family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to dif ...
s in the subfamily
Soricinae
The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamil ...
of the family
Soricidae.
It contains the following two species:
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Asiatic short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella quadraticauda'')
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Burmese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella wardi'')
References
Mammal genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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