Paracrocidura maxima
Heim de Balsac, 1959
Greater Large-headed Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
Genus | : Paracrocidura |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., vol. 59, 26
Original name as described
Paracrocidura schoutedeni maxima
Other common names
Greater Shrew
Type material
RMCA 1981.056-M-0117
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Tshibati, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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