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--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura usambarae
Author: | Dippenaar, 1980. | Citation: | Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32: 128. | Common Name: | Usambara Shrew | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Western Usambara Mtns, Shume, 16 mi. (26 km) N. Lushoto. | Distribution: | Western and Eastern Usambara Mtns and South Pare Mountains, NE Tanzania. perhaps also Ngozi Crater, SW Tanzania (Stanley et al., 1996, 2000b). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Dippenaar (1980:126) included the species into the monax group. A skin recorded by this author from the Poroto Mtns (S Tanzania) may belong to a different species. |
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