Flat-headed shrew

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Flat-headed shrew
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. planiceps
Binomial name
Crocidura planiceps
Heller, 1910
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Flat-headed shrew range

The flat-headed shrew (Crocidura planiceps) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda. The flat-headed shrew is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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