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SPECIES Myosorex sclateri
Author: | Thomas and Schwann, 1905. | Citation: | Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905(15): 10. | Common Name: | Sclater's Mouse Shrew | Type Locality: | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Prov., Zululand, Ngoye hills, 250 m. | Distribution: | Wet habitats in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Provisionally regarded as a distinct species by Wolhuter (in Smithers, 1983:3); occurs in sympatry with cafer and has a different karyotype (2n = 38). Meester et al. (1986) included sclateri in cafer. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
affinis Thomas and Schwann, 1905 talpinus Thomas and Schwann, 1905
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