Crocidura allex
Osgood, 1910
East African Highland White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1910. Further new mammals from British East Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(3):15-21.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462181Original name as described
Crocidura allex
Other common names
East African Highland Shrew · Highlands Shrew
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:16820
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Naivasha, British East Africa [= Kenya]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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