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SPECIES Suncus lixus
Author: | Thomas, 1897. | Actual Date: | 1898 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897: 930. | Common Name: | Greater Dwarf Shrew | Type Locality: | Malawi, Nyika Plateau (between 10 and 11°S and 33°40' to 34°10'E). | Distribution: | Savanna zones of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Northwest Prov., Mpumalanga, and Limpopo). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977) included aequatorius and gratulus in lixus; the former is treated as a separate species here. Gureev (1979:383) listed gratulus as a distinct species without comment. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gratulus (Thomas and Schwann, 1907)
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