Species Myosorex cafer (Sundevall, 1846) (Dark-footed forest shrew)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Soricomorpha
  • ---- family: Soricidae
  • ----- species: Myosorex cafer
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 12 cm, tail-length: 4 cm; dark brown to black coloured fur, paler underparts; long mobile snout; small eyes;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 40
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