Asoriculus

Asoriculus; Temporal range: Early Pliocene-Late Holocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Soricinae
Genus:	†Asoriculus
Type species
	†Asoriculus hidalgo; Bate, 1945
Species
	†A. hidalgo; †A. corsicanus; †A. similis;
Synonyms
	Nesiotites

Asoriculus is an extinct genus in the shrew subfamily Soricinae endemic to the Balearic Islands off the eastern coast of Spain.^[2] The various species, many originally described in the now-synonymized genus Nesiotites, arrived on the islands soon after the start of the Pliocene, and systematically became extinct during the late Holocene, possibly due to human activities.

Species

Genus Asoriculus
- †Asoriculus rafelinensis syn Nesiotites rafelinensis
- †Asoriculus gibberodon
- Balearic shrew (†A. hidalgo)
- Corsican giant shrew (†A. corsicanus)*
- Sardinian shrew (†A. similis)

*Not listed in the current edition of Mammal Species of the World, but is listed in a supplement to the previous edition.

References

↑ Rofes, Juan, et al. "Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain." Palaeontologia Electronica 15.1 (2012): 8A.
↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Nesiotites". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[rofes-1] Rofes, Juan, et al. "Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain." Palaeontologia Electronica 15.1 (2012): 8A.

[msw3-2] Hutterer, R. (2005). "Nesiotites". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.