Biology:Volcano shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Volcano shrew
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species:
S. vulcanorum
Binomial name
Sylvisorex vulcanorum
Hutterer & Verheyan, 1985
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Volcano shrew range

The volcano shrew (Sylvisorex vulcanorum) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in the high-altitude rainforest of Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and swamps.[1] Its type locality is at Karisoke in Rwanda.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Sylvisorex vulcanorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T21219A22291074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21219A22291074.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21219/22291074. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. Sylvisorex vulcanorum Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press


Wikidata ☰ Q1768358 entry