Lesser forest shrew

Lesser forest shrew
	Adult female
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Sylvisorex
Species:	S. oriundus
Binomial name
	Sylvisorex oriundus; Hollister, 1916
	Lesser forest shrew range

The lesser forest shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae[2] endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where its type locality is Medje. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

Hutterer, R. 2004. "Sylvisorex oriundus". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. "Sylvisorex oriundus". Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.

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[hutterer-1] Hutterer, R. 2004. "Sylvisorex oriundus". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

[wilson-2] Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. "Sylvisorex oriundus". Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.