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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura xantippe
| Author: | Osgood, 1910. | | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 19. | | Common Name: | Xanthippe's Shrew | | Type Locality: | Kenya, Voi. | | Distribution: | Nyiru, Voi, Tsavo (SE Kenya); Usambara Mtns (Tanzania). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Status uncertain; probably related to hirta. Not to be confused with Crocidura xanthippe Bate, 1937 (replaced by C. samaritana Bate, 1937), a Pleistocene shrew from Palestine. |
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