Crocidura luna Dollman 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 238

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Crocidura luna Dollman 1910
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Crocidura luna Dollman 1910 View in CoL

Crocidura luna Dollman 1910 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5: 175.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, "Bunkeya River, Shaba Province".

Vernacular Names: Moonshine Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura electa Dollmann 1910 ; Crocidura garambae Heim de Balsac and Verschuren 1968 ; Crocidura inyangai Lundholm 1955 ; Crocidura johnstoni Dollmann 1915 ; Crocidura schistacea Osgood 1910 ; Crocidura umbrosa Dollman 1915 .

Distribution: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, E Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A uniform group of bluish-gray shrews that exhibit a considerable geographic size variation; probably a composite group. Revised by Dippenaar and Meester (1989). Does not include macmillani , raineyi , and selina . In a biochemical comparison, specimens from Rwanda grouped outside all other African Crocidura studied (Maddalena, 1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Crocidura

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Crocidura luna Dollman 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Crocidura luna

Dollman 1910: 175
1910
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