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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Myosoricinae
--> GENUS Myosorex
SPECIES Myosorex tenuis
Author: | Thomas and Schwann, 1905. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905: 131-132. | Common Name: | Thin Mouse Shrew | Type Locality: | South Africa, Mpumalanga Prov., near Wakkerstroom, Zuurbron. | Distribution: | Mpumalanga Prov. (South Africa) and possibly W Mozambique. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Provisionally regarded as a distinct species by Wolhuter (in Smithers, 1983:3) because of sympatry with cafer and a different karyotype (2n = 40). Meester et al. (1986) included tenuis in cafer. |
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