Uluguru mountain grasshopper
Appearance
Uluguru mountain grasshopper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Cyphocerastis |
Species: | C. uluguruensis
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Binomial name | |
Cyphocerastis uluguruensis (Johnsen, 1987)
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The Uluguru mountain grasshopper (Cyphocerastis uluguruensis) is a rare species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. The species is endemic to Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, and is critically endangered due to a decline of its habitat.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Cyphocerastis uluguruensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19672630A19680935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19672630A19680935.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.