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Bicolored musk shrew

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Bicolored musk shrew
Scientific classification Edit this 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

The bicolored musk shrew (Crocidura fuscomurina) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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

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  • Hutterer, R.; Howell, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura fuscomurina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40633A115176835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40633A22293871.en. Retrieved 6 July 2024.