Peters's musk shrew

The Peters's musk shrew (Crocidura gracilipes) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. Reports of the species near Murchison Falls in western Uganda haven't been verified.

Peters's musk shrew
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. gracilipes
Binomial name
Crocidura gracilipes
Peters, 1870
Peters's musk shrew range

Sources

  1. Jenkins, P. (2016). "Crocidura gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5631A22299723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5631A22299723.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.


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