Biology:Jouvenet's shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Jouvenet's shrew
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. jouvenetae
Binomial name
Crocidura jouvenetae
Heim de Balsac, 1958
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Synonyms
  • Crocidura ebriensis Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1958

Jouvenet's shrew (Crocidura jouvenetae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This species is present in lowland tropical moist forest and possibly in montane forest.

It was first described by Henri Heim de Balsac who named it after Mademmoiselle A. Jouvenet.[2]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q593007 entry