Desert musk shrew
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Species of mammal
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. smithii
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Binomial name | |
Crocidura smithii Thomas, 1895
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Desert musk shrew range |
The desert musk shrew (Crocidura smithii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Senegal, and possibly Somalia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.[1] It was named after the 19th-century American explorer of Eastern Africa, Arthur Donaldson Smith.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hutterer, R.; Howell, K.; Baxter, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41358A115181556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41358A22311310.en. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- Hutterer, R., Howell, K. & Baxter, R. 2004.
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