West African pygmy shrew

West African pygmy shrew
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. obscurior
Binomial name
Crocidura obscurior
Balsac, 1958
West African pygmy shrew range

The West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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