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--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura bottegoides
Author: | Hutterer and Yalden, 1990. | Citation: | In Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vertebrates in the Tropics, Bonn: 67. | Common Name: | Bale Shrew | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, Bale Mtns, Harenna Forest, Katcha Camp, 2400 m. | Distribution: | Bale Mtns and Mt. Albasso, Ethiopia (Yalden and Largen, 1992). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Lavrenchenko et al. (1997) described the karyotype (2n = 36, FN = 48) which is very different from that of the similar "bottegi" (now obscurior) (2n = 40, FN = 60) from Côte d’Ivoire. |
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