Crocidura fumosa

O. Thomas, 1904

Smoky 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

Thomas, O. 1904-08-31. On shrews from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(81):236-241.

Original name as described

Crocidura fumosa

Other common names

Smoky Mountain Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Western slope of Mt. Kenya, 2600 m," Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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