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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura crenata
| Author: | Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac, 1965. | | Citation: | Mammalia, 29: 268. | | Common Name: | Long-footed Shrew | | Type Locality: | Gabon, Belinga. | | Distribution: | High forest in S Cameroon, N Gabon, and E Dem. Rep. Congo. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | The specific epithet obviously was choosen because the species has extremily long feet and tail; Brosset (1988) observed that they aid in jumping rather than climbing. |
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