Negros Shrew

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Negros Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. negrina
Binomial name
Crocidura negrina
Rabor, 1952

The Negros Shrew (Crocidura negrina) is a white-toothed shrew found only on the island Negros, Philippines. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 242. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Crocidura negrina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-11. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2.3)
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