Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Soricomorpha
- ---- family: Soricidae
- ----- species: Crocidura maquassiensis
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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: | - ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 42 |