Bicolored musk shrew
The bicolored musk shrew (Crocidura fuscomurina) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.
| Bicolored musk shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. fuscomurina |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865) | |
| Bicolored musk shrew range | |
It can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.
References
- Hutterer, R. & Howell, K. 2004. Crocidura fuscomurina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Crocidura fuscomurina | |
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