2003): Late Pliocene
Soricidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from Varshets (North Bulgaria).
These features indicate a member of the family
Soricidae (Gunnell et al.
AM LC M Allen, 1890) Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus (Miller, 1899) Orden Soricomorpha Gregory, 1810 Familia
Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 Subfamilia Soricinae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 Cryptotis mayensis (Merriam, MA Pr LC P 1901) Orden Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 Familia Emballonuridae Gervais.
There are two species of
Soricidae (shrews) in this part of Ohio, but one species is rare TABLE 4.
Soricidae Cryplotis colombiana x ORDEN CHIROPTERA Fam.
Pleistocene
Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
To the Editor: Compelling evidence of genetically distinct hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) in multiple species of shrews and moles (order Soricomorpha, families
Soricidae and Talpidae) across 4 continents (1-7) suggests that soricomorphs, rather than rodents (order Rodentia, families Muridae and Cricetidae), might be the primordial hosts (6,7).
