| Lesser forest shrew | |
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| Adult female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sylvisorex |
| Species: | S. oriundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvisorex oriundus Hollister, 1916 | |
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| Lesser forest shrew range | |
The lesser forest shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae [2] endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where its type locality is at Medje. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
