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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura maquassiensis
| Author: | Roberts, 1946. | | Citation: | Ann. Transvaal Mus., 20: 312. | | Common Name: | Makwassie Musk Shrew | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Northwest Prov., Maquassi, Klipkuil. | | Distribution: | Mpumalanga Prov. and Northwest Prov. (South Africa); Nyamaziwa Falls, and Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Includes malani; and may be related to pitmani; see Meester (1963) and Meester et al. (1986). Geometrics of the mandible distinguish this species and the similar cyanea and silacea (Taylor and Contrafatto, 1997). |
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