Biology:Grant's forest shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Grant's forest shrew
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species:
S. granti
Binomial name
Sylvisorex granti
Thomas, 1907
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Grant's forest shrew range

Grant's forest shrew (Sylvisorex granti) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in the mountain forests of central Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

The type locality of the species is Mubuku Valley in Uganda at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) elevation.[2]

Subspecies

The identified subspecies are:

  • S. g. granti, Thomas, 1907
  • S. g. mundus, Osgood, 1910.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hutterer, R. (2016). "Sylvisorex granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41443A22291731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41443A22291731.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41443/22291731. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. Sylvisorex granti Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.


Wikidata ☰ Q1764066 entry