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The forest shrews are the members of the
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 ...
''Sylvisorex''. They are
mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...
s in the family Soricidae and are found only in
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. The genus name comes from the Latin world "silva" which means "forest" and "sorex", which means "shrew-mouse". This reflects the nature of these shrews, which prefer forest habitats. All shrews are carnivorous, and eat continually to satisfy their high metabolic rate.Mukinzi, I.; Hutterer, R. & Barriere, P. 2009. A new species of ''Sylvisorex'' (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. ''Mammalia'' 73 (2): 130–134. The genus contains these species: * Akaibe's forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex akaibei'' * Cameroonian forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex cameruniensis'' * Corbet's forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex corbeti'' * Grant's forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex granti'' * Howell's forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex howelli'' * Bioko forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex isabellae'' * Johnston's forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex johnstoni'' * Kongana shrew, ''Sylvisorex konganensis'' *
Moon forest shrew The moon forest shrew (''Sylvisorex lunaris'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on t ...
, ''Sylvisorex lunaris'' * Mount Cameroon forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex morio'' * Greater forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex ollula'' * Lesser forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex oriundus'' * Rain forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex pluvialis'' * Bamenda forest shrew, ''Sylvisorex silvanorum'' * Volcano shrew, ''Sylvisorex vulcanorum''


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Mammal genera   Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub