Anourosorex Milne-Edwards 1872

Anourosorex Milne-Edwards 1872, Rech. Hist. Nat. Mammiferes: 264.

Type Species: Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872

Synonyms: Anaurosorex Günther 1871; Anurosorex Anderson 1875; Pygmura Anderson 1873 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species:

Species Anourosorex assamensis Anderson 1875

Species Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963

Species Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872

Species Anourosorex yamashinai Kuroda 1935

Discussion: Sole living representative of Tribe Anourosoricini (see Reumer, 1998). Reumer (1984:17) placed the genus in the tribe Amblycoptini Kormos, 1926, but this was antedated by Anourosoricini Anderson, 1879 . Geographic variation of extant species studied by Motokawa and Lin (2002) and Motokawa et al. (2004). The fossil history of the genus was reviewed by Zheng (1985) and Storch and Qiu (1991).