Species Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865) (Bicolored shrew)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Soricomorpha
  • ---- family: Soricidae
  • ----- species: Crocidura fuscomurina
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 10 cm, tail-length: 4; this greyish brown shrew has a short tail, a long snout and large round ears; the eyes are small;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 42
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