Ruwenzori shrew

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Ruwenzori shrew
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Ruwenzorisorex
Hutterer, 1986
Species:
R. suncoides
Binomial name
Ruwenzorisorex suncoides
(Osgood, 1936)
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Ruwenzori shrew range

The Ruwenzori shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ruwenzorisorex.[citation needed] It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It is semiaquatic, living along streams in tropical cloud forest.

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