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--> GENUS Surdisorex
SPECIES Surdisorex polulus
Author: | Hollister, 1916. | Citation: | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 66(1): 1. | Common Name: | Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew | Type Locality: | Kenya, west side of Mt. Kenya, 10,700 ft. (3,261 m). | Distribution: | Mt. Kenya (Kenya). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Included in genus Myosorex and regarded as a subspecies of norae by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977); however, both species form a quite distinct clade (Hutterer et al., 2002b). For ecology and distribution see Duncan and Wrangham (1971). |
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