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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura montis
| Author: | Thomas, 1906. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 18: 138. | | Common Name: | Montane White-toothed Shrew | | Type Locality: | Uganda, "Ruwenzori East, 12,500’ [3809 m]" = Bujongolo, Mubuku Valley, eastern slope of Mt. Ruwenzori. | | Distribution: | Montane forest in C and E Africa; Mt. Ruwenzori and Mt. Elgon (Uganda), Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru (Tanzania), Imatong Mtns (Sudan), Mt. Kenya (Kenya). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly a subspecies of fumosa but see Demeter and Hutterer (1986) and Dippenaar and Meester (1989), who revised the species. Habitat and ecology on Mt. Elgon described by Clausnitzer et al. (2003). |
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