Grant's forest shrew
| Grant's forest shrew | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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]
Type locality: Uganda, Ruwenzori East, Mubuku Valley, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) elevation.[2]
Subspecies
The identified subspecies are:
- S. g. granti, Thomas, 1907
- S. g. mundus, Osgood, 1910.
References
- ↑ Kerbis Peterhans, J.; Hutterer, R. 2004. Sylvisorex granti 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- ↑ 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.
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