''Episoriculus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 diffe ...

in the

red-toothed shrew 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 ...

subfamily. Its common is brown-toothed shrew. It has been described as a subgenus to ''

Soriculus ''Soriculus'' is a genus of shrew native to Asia. The Himalayan shrew ''(Soriculus nigrescens)'' is the only extant member of the genus, though other species were once included here and there are also several fossil species included here. Taxonom ...

'' in the past. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

and China.

Species

Currently, the four identified

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of the genus ''Episoriculus'' include: * Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (''E. caudatus'') **''E. c. sacratus'' **''E. c. umbrinus'' * Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (''E. fumidus'') * Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (''E. leucops'') **''E. l. leucops'' **''E. l. baileyi'' * Long-tailed mountain shrew (''E. macrurus'')

Species

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