The bicolored musk shrew (Crocidura fuscomurina) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.
Bicolored musk shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. fuscomurina
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Binomial name | |
Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865)
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Bicolored musk shrew range |
It can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.
References
edit- Hutterer, R.; Howell, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura fuscomurina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40633A115176835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40633A22293871.en. Retrieved 6 July 2024.