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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Sylvisorex
SPECIES Sylvisorex vulcanorum
| Author: | Hutterer and Verheyen, 1985. | | Citation: | Z. SSugetierk., 50: 266. | | Common Name: | Volcano Shrew | | Type Locality: | Rwanda, Parc National des Volcans, Karisoke (0°28'S, 29°29'E, 3,100 m). | | Distribution: | High altitude rainforest of E Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc); of conservation concern (Nicoll and Rathbun, 1990:21). | | Comments: | One of the smallest species in the genus; rather similar to S. granti. |
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