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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura somalica
| Author: | Thomas, 1895. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 52. | | Common Name: | Somali Shrew | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, Middle Webi Shebeli (about 5°30'N, 44°E) near Geledi (Galadi). | | Distribution: | Dry savannas and semi-desert areas of Ethiopia, Sudan, and probably Somalia; Mali. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Revised by Hutterer and Jenkins (1983). Recently recorded from the Sahara (Mali) by Hutterer et al. (1992c), who regarded the subspecies dhofarensis from Oman as specifically distinct; see under dhofarensis. |
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