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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura allex
| Author: | Osgood, 1910. | | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10(3): 20. | | Common Name: | East African Highland Shrew | | Type Locality: | Kenya, "Naivasha, British East Africa". | | Distribution: | Higlands of SW Kenya; Mt. Kilimanjaro, Meru and Ngorogoro, N Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Gureev (1979) listed alpina as a distinct species without comment. Common in the afro-alpine zone at 3500 m on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Shore and Garbett, 1991). For synonyms see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
alpina Heller, 1910
zinki Heim de Balsac, 1957
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