Kahuzi swamp shrew

For another species named "Kahuzi swamp shrew", see Narrow-headed shrew.

Kahuzi swamp shrew
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Myosorex
Species:	M. jejei
Binomial name
Myosorex jejei Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. et al. 2010
Myosorex jejei - Extant (resident)

The Kahuzi swamp shrew (Myosorex jejei) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is swampland. ^{[2] [1]}

References

1. Engelbrektsson, P.; Kennerley, R. (2020). "Myosorex jejei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T45954378A166522323. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T45954378A166522323.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Peterhans, Julian C. Kerbis; Hutterer, Rainer; Mwanga, Jacques; Ndara, Benjamin; Davenport, Leif; Karhagomba, Innocent Balagizi; Udelhoven, Jay (2010-12-01). "African Shrews Endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two New Species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo". Journal of East African Natural History. 99 (2): 103–128. doi: 10.2982/028.099.0201 . ISSN   1026-1613. S2CID   84408848.