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.

Original 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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