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
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Binomial name | |
Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865)
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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
edit- Hutterer, R. & Howell, K. 2004. Crocidura fuscomurina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.