Kahuzi swamp shrew

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Kahuzi swamp shrew
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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
Kahuzi Swamp Shrew.svg
  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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.