| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Soricomorpha
- ---- family: Soricidae
- ----- species: Suncus varilla
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; length: 9 cm, tail-length: 3 cm; greyish-brown on the back, the belly is lighter with a clear demarcation; large snout with whiskers; small eyes; large rounded ears; |
| Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1003
- Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1006
- Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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| References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 44 |
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