Species Crocidura maquassiensis Roberts, 1946 (Maquassi musk shrew)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Soricomorpha
  • ---- family: Soricidae
  • ----- species: Crocidura maquassiensis
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
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
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