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Crocidura desperata
Order: Lipotyphla > Family: Soricidae > Genus: Crocidura > Species: Crocidura desperata
Common Name: Desperate White-toothed Shrew [English]
Type Description
Oryx, 25:165
Type Locality
S Tanzania, Rungwa Mtns, mountain bamboo zone above 2000 m.
Measurements
Total length: 178 mm
Head and body: 45-140 mm
Tail length: 45-90 mm
Hindfoot length: 20 mm
Ear length: 10 mm
Weight: 11-40 g
Head and body: 45-140 mm
Tail length: 45-90 mm
Hindfoot length: 20 mm
Ear length: 10 mm
Weight: 11-40 g
Distribution
Crocidura desperata is a h highly restricted group is found in all vegetation types but is more commonly found in forests throughout Rungwe and the Udzungwa mountains. (Kingdon, 1997) (Wilson and Reeder, 2005)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 145-146.
2. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 218-222.
3. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Third ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:229.
2. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 218-222.
3. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Third ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:229.