| 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 |