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Myosorex geata
Order: Lipotyphla > Family: Soricidae > Genus: Myosorex > Species: Myosorex geata
Common Name: Geata Mouse Shrew [English]
Type Description
Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 38:417.
Type Locality
Tanzania, Uluguru Mtns, Nyingwa.
Measurements
Total length: 108-118 mm
Head and body: 50-105 mm
Tail length: 29-56 mm
Hindfoot length: 12-14 mm
Ear length: 5-9 mm
Weight: 7.6-10.5 g
Head and body: 50-105 mm
Tail length: 29-56 mm
Hindfoot length: 12-14 mm
Ear length: 5-9 mm
Weight: 7.6-10.5 g
Description
Myosorex is recognizable by the long claws, short tail and very large penis in males. The feet are scaled and the fur has a speckled look to it. Mouse-shrews are generally restricted to mountain forest habitats.
Distribution
Myosorex geata is found mostly in temperate or high-altitude regions, in often swampy conditions throughout the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:74-78.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 142-144.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 217-218.
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.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 142-144.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 217-218.
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.