Paracrocidura

Large-headed shrews
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Crocidurinae
Genus:	Paracrocidura; de Balsac, 1956
Type species
	Paracrocidura schoutedeni; de Balsac, 1956
Species
	See text

Paracrocidura is a genus of shrews.[1] They are mammals in the family Soricidae. The vernacular name large-headed shrews is sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the species Crocidura grandiceps.

The genus contains the following species:

Grauer's large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura graueri)
Greater large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura maxima)
Lesser large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni)

References

Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Paracrocidura". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[MSW3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Paracrocidura". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.