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--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura nanilla
Author: | Thomas, 1909. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 99. | Common Name: | Savanna Dwarf Shrew | Type Locality: | Uganda, probably Entebbe. | Distribution: | Dry and moist savanna from West Africa (Mauritania) to Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes rudolfi; see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). Often confused with other small species such as fuscomurina and pasha. For a discussion of "small Crocidura", see Heim de Balsac (1968d). Karyotype from Côte d’Ivoire has 2n = 42, FN = 74 (Maddalena and Ruedi, 1994). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
denti St. Leger, 1932 nancilla St. Leger, 1932 rudolfi St. Leger, 1932
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