Johnston's Forest Shrew

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Johnston's Forest Shrew
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species: S. johnstoni
Binomial name
Sylvisorex johnstoni
(Dobson, 1888)

The Johnston's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex johnstoni) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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