| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Soricomorpha
- ---- family: Soricidae
- ----- species: Crocidura silacea
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| Characteristics: | insectivore; length: 12 cm, tail-length: 5; this greyish brown shrew has a short tail, a long snout and large round ears; the eyes are small; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
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| References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 42 |
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