African Giant Shrew

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African Giant Shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Soricomorpha Family: Soricidae Genus: Crocidura Species: C. olivieri
Binomial name
Crocidura olivieri (Lesson, 1827)

The African Giant Shrew (Crocidura olivieri) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.

[edit] References

• Hutterer, R. 2004. Crocidura olivieri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.