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Crocidura olivieri
Order: Lipotyphla > Family: Soricidae > Genus: Crocidura > Species: Crocidura olivieri
Common Name: African Giant White-toothed Shrew [English]
Type Description
Manuel de Mammalogie, p. 121.
Type Locality
Egypt, Sakkara; the neotype designated by Corbet (1978c:30) was collected 'near Giza'.
Measurements
Total length: 180-248 mm
Head and body: 75-140 mm
Tail length: 57-90 mm
Hindfoot length: 19-24 mm
Ear length: 9-14 mm
Weight: 15-40 g
Head and body: 75-140 mm
Tail length: 57-90 mm
Hindfoot length: 19-24 mm
Ear length: 9-14 mm
Weight: 15-40 g
Distribution
Crocidura olivieri is found in all vegetation types and altitudes throughout East Africa from Egypt down to the northern part of South Africa. (Kingdon, 1997) (Wilson and Reeder, 2005)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:95-109.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 145-146.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 218-222.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
5. 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, 1:244.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 145-146.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 218-222.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
5. 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, 1:244.