Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965

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 : 228

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341036

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scientific name

Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965
status

 

Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965 View in CoL

Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965 View in CoL , Mammalia, 29: 268.

Type Locality: Gabon, Belinga.

Vernacular Names: Long-footed Shrew.

Distribution: High forest in S Cameroon, N Gabon, and E Dem. Rep. Congo.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The specific epithet obviously was choosen because the species has extremily long feet and tail; Brosset (1988) observed that they aid in jumping rather than climbing.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Crocidura

Loc

Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965

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

Crocidura crenata

Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac 1965: 268
1965
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