Paracrocidura
| Large-headed shrews | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Crocidurinae |
| Genus: | Paracrocidura de Balsac, 1956 |
| Type species | |
Paracrocidura schoutedeni de Balsac, 1956
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| Species | |
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Paracrocidura is a
Soricidae. The vernacular name large-headed shrews is sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the species Crocidura grandiceps
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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
- OCLC 62265494.