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Sorex

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genus sorexnoun	type genus of the family soricidae: shrews

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genus sorexnoun	type genus of the family soricidae: shrews
sciurus	The genus Sciurus (or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.
eurasian pygmy shrew	The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic.
common shrewnoun	A shrew, Sorex araneus, one of the most common mammals.
northern short-tailed shrew	The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America.
sciurini	a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels,Thorington and Hoffmann, 2005, p. 754 mostly from the Americas.
neotropical parrot	The neotropical parrots or New World parrots comprise about 150 species in 32 genera found throughout South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean islands and the southern United States.
tree shrewnoun	A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.
marmotnoun	Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
red-toothed shrewnoun	Any of the shrews of the subfamily Soricinae, having reddish enamel at the tips of their teeth due to iron pigment.
slender shrewnoun	Sorex gracillimus, a shrew found in northeastern North Korea, Hokkaidō, and the Russian Far East.
american water shrew	The American water shrew or northern water shrew (Sorex palustris) is a shrew found in the nearctic faunal region located throughout the mountain ranges of the northern United States and in Canada and Alaska.
red squirrelnoun	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, the American red squirrel, found in parts of North America.
cercopithecinae	a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.
arctic shrew	The Arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United States.
old world flycatchernoun	Any of various small birds of the passerine family Muscicapidae, of Africa and Eurasia; a muscicapid.
mole shrewnoun	Synonym of short-tailed shrew, any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails, found in North America.
common squirrel monkeynoun	An arboreal monkey of the species Saimiri sciureus, native to tropical South America.
fauna of new guinea	The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians.
squirrel monkeynoun	(zoology, primatology) Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in southern Central America and northern South America.