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genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

''Phascolosorex'', also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

Dasyuromorphia Dasyuromorphia (, meaning "hairy tail" in Greek) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the thylacine. In Australia, the exceptions include the omn ...

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dasyurid The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 71 extant species divided into 17 genera. Many are small and mouse-like or shrew-like, giving some of them the name marsupial mice or marsupial shrews, but th ...

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Phascolosorex brevicaudata The three species in the genus ''Phascolosorex'', also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia. The three species of these dasyurids are: * '' Phascolosorex brevicaudata'' * Red-bellied marsupial shrew, ''Phascolos ...

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Red-bellied marsupial shrew The red-bellied dasyure or red-bellied marsupial shrew (''Phascolosorex doriae'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an ...

, ''Phascolosorex doriae'' (

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Narrow-striped marsupial shrew The narrow-striped dasyure or narrow-striped marsupial shrew (''Phascolosorex dorsalis'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. N ...

, ''Phascolosorex dorsalis'' (Indonesia and

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* Dasyuromorphs {{marsupial-stub