Rumpi mouse shrew

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Rumpi mouse shrew[1]
Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Myosorex
Species:
M. rumpii
Binomial name
Myosorex rumpii
Heim de Balsac, 1968
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Rumpi mouse shrew range

The Rumpi mouse shrew (Myosorex rumpii) is a Myosoricinae shrew found only on the Rumpi Hills, Cameroon. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

References[]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Hutterer (2004). "Myosorex rumpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2006.


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