Draft:Nagasorex
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Nagasorex Swanson, Esselstyn, Hutterer, & Heaney[1] |
| Species: | N. albidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Nagasorex albidens Swanson, Esselstyn, Hutterer, & Heaney[1]
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Nagasorex albidens is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is native to the state of Nagaland in northeastern India. It is the only species within the genus Nagasorex. It was first collected in 1950 and described to science as a new species in 2025.[1]
Description
[edit]Nagasorex albidens is a small shrew, growing to a length of around 97 mm (3.8 in). The pelage is a uniform dark brown with reddish-brown tips, as well as being quite short in length. It is described as being outwardly almost identical to the genera Blarinella and Episoriculus, but is distinguished by the round and nearly hairless ear conch. Unlike all other living shrews, Nagasorex albidens possesses a total of 34 teeth, something that had only been observed in extinct genera such as Miosorex.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name references the place where it was discovered, the Naga Hills, combined with the Latin word for shrew, sorex. The specific name combines the Latin words albus, meaning "white", and dens, meaning "tooth".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Swanson, Mark; Esselstyn, Jacob; Hutterer, Rainer; Heaney, Lawrence (June 18, 2025). "The Shrew of Nagaland: A Remarkable New Genus and Species from Northeast India, With A Discussion of The Phylogeny and Classification of The Soricidae (Mammalia)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2025 (474): 1–72. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.474.1.1.