Species Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) (Greater red musk shrew)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Soricomorpha
  • ---- family: Soricidae
  • ----- species: Crocidura flavescens
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 16 cm, tail-length: 6; this greyish brown shrew has a short tail, a long snout and large round ears; the eyes are small;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 42
Language Lineage Name IPA Grammatical info Meaning References