Mexican shrew

Mexican shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Notiosoricini
Genus: Megasorex
Hibbard (1950)
Species: M. gigas
Binomial name
Megasorex gigas
(Merriam, 1897)
Mexican shrew range

The Mexican shrew (Megasorex gigas) is a species of mammal from the subfamily Soricinae in the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Megasorex and is endemic to Mexico.

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