Rumpi Mouse Shrew

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

Rumpi Mouse Shrew (Myosorex rumpii) is an Myosoricinae shrew found only on the Rumpi hills, Cameroon. 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, 266. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.