Lesser forest shrew

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Lesser forest shrew
Sylvisorex oriundus Hollister, female adult.jpg
Adult female
Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species:
S. oriundus
Binomial name
Sylvisorex oriundus
Hollister, 1916
Lesser Forest Shrew area.png
Lesser forest shrew range

The lesser forest shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae[2] endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where its type locality is . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References[]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. 2004. "Sylvisorex oriundus". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
  2. ^ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. "Sylvisorex oriundus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.


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