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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura silacea
| Author: | Thomas, 1895. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 53. | | Common Name: | Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Mpumalanga Prov., Barberton dist., De Kaap, Figtree Creek. | | Distribution: | Occurs in most of South Africa, and parts of Botswana, Angola; Mozambique, Zambia and S Malawi. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | This species was formerly assigned to gracilipes or hildegardeae, but is not conspecific with either of these; see Meester et al. (1986) for a discussion. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
holobrunneus Roberts, 1931
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