Crocidura
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús, “piece of wool”) (from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”)) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Proper noun
Crocidura f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – many shrews, called musk shrews.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Soricomorpha - order; Soricidae - family; Crocidurinae - subfamily
References
- Crocidura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Crocidura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Crocidura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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