Savanna swamp shrew

The Savanna swamp shrew (Crocidura longipes) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Nigeria. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Savanna swamp shrew

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. longipes
Binomial name
Crocidura longipes
Hutterer & Happold, 1983[1]
Savanna swamp shrew range

References

Specific
  1. Hutterer, R.; Happold, D. C. D. (1983). "Crocidura longipes new species". The shrews of Nigeria (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner zoologische Monographien. 18. Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig. pp. 53–55.


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