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Darocasorex

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Soricidae
Darocasorex
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Tribe: Anourosoricini
Genus: †Darocasorex
Van Dam, 2010

Darocasorex (named after the town Daroca in Spain, close to the place where its fossils were found)[1] is an extinct shrew which existed in Europe during the Miocene epoch.[1] It was first named by Jan A. van Dam in 2010.[1]

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