''Soriculus'' is a genus 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 differ ...

native to

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

. The

Himalayan shrew The Himalayan shrew (''Soriculus nigrescens'') is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus ''Soriculus'' within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species ''Chodsigoa'' and ''Episoriculus'', w ...

''(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.

Taxonomy

''Soriculus'' is placed within the tribe Nectogalini. In the past this genus included many more extant species, but they have been moved to other genera such as '' Chodsigoa'' and '' Episoriculus''. Species from the extinct European genus '' Asoriculus'' were also included here at one point. Currently the genus contains the extinct species ''Soriculus kashmiriensis'' and ''Soriculus kubinyi'', although in its description ''S. kashmiriensis'' was noted for being most closely related to species now placed in ''Chodsigoa''.

References

Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by Edward Blyth {{Shrew-stub