Giant mole shrew

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Giant mole shrew
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Anourosorex
Species:
A. schmidi
Binomial name
Anourosorex schmidi
Petter, 1963 [2]
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Giant mole shrew range

The giant mole shrew (Anourosorex schmidi) is a species of red-toothed shrew native to the southeastern slopes of the Himalaya of Bhutan and India. [1] [3]

It was listed as "Data Deficient" in both IUCN assessments (2008 and 2016). [4] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Molur, S. (2016). "Anourosorex schmidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136589A115210155.
  2. Petter, F. (1963). "Un nouvel insectivore du nord de l'Assam : Anourosorex squamipes schmidi nov. sbsp". Mammalia (in French). 27 (3): 444–445. doi:10.1515/mamm.1963.27.3.437 . Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Anourosorex". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  4. Molur, S. (2008). "Anourosorex schmidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T136589A4315441. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136589A4315441.en .