Kahuzi swamp shrew
Kahuzi swamp shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Myosorex |
Species: | M. jejei |
Binomial name | |
Myosorex jejei Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. et al. 2010 | |
Kahuzi swamp shrew range |
The Kahuzi swamp shrew (Myosorex jejei) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is swamp. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Balagizi Karhagomba, I., and Udelhoven, J. 2010. African Shrews Endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two New Species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History 99(2): 103-128.
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