Myosorex cafer
(Sundevall, 1847)
Dark-footed Mouse Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Myosoricinae |
Genus | : Myosorex |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Sundevall, C.J. 1847. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:118-121.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776Original name as described
Sorex cafer
Other common names
Dark-footed Forest Shrew
Type locality
"E Caffraria interiore et Port-Natal" (= Durban, KwaZulu–Natal Province, South Africa).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Zimbabwe
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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