East African highland shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. allex |
Binomial name | |
Crocidura allex Osgood, 1910 | |
East African highland shrew range |
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