Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew

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Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Myosorex
Species: M. eisentrauti
Binomial name
Myosorex eisentrauti
Heim de Balsac, 1968

Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (Myosorex eisentrauti) is a Myosoricinae shrew found only on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 265. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Hutterer (2004). Myosorex eisentrauti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used