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A new forest shrew from southern Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Rainer Hutterer ,
Paulina D. Jenkins  and
Walter N. Verheyen
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A new species of shrew, Crocidura desperata n. sp. (Mammalia: Soricidae), is described from specimens recently collected in the Rungwe Forest and the Uzungwe Mountains in southern Tanzania. It is a large and long-furred shrew closely resembling Crocidura lanosa from Mt Kahuzi in eastern Zaire. Like other small mammals with a relict distribution, the newly discovered species appears to be highly vulnerable to forest destruction.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 165 - 168
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1991

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