†Planisorex Skinner and Hibbard 1972 (red-toothed shrew)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Full reference: M. F. Skinner and C. W. Hibbard. 1972. Early Pleistocene pre-glacial and glacial rocks and faunas of north-central Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148(1):1-148
Parent taxon: Soricini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Skinner and Hibbard 1972
Sister taxa: Anchiblarinella, Antesorex, Blarinella, Deinsdorfia, Drepanosorex, Paenesorex, Petenyia, Sorex
Subtaxa: Planisorex dixonensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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