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Bottego's shrew (''Crocidura bottegi'') is a species of
mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
in the family Soricidae. It is found above sea level in
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and possibly
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particularly northeast of
Lake Turkana Lake Turkana (), formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake. B ...
and one in Kenya from
Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevation o ...
.


Sources

* Hutterer, R. & Lavrenchenko, L. 2004.
Crocidura bottegi

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Bottego's shrew Bottego's shrew (''Crocidura bottegi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found above sea level in Ethiopia and possibly Kenya particularly northeast of Lake Turkana and one in Kenya from Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the ...
Mammals of Ethiopia
Bottego's shrew Bottego's shrew (''Crocidura bottegi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found above sea level in Ethiopia and possibly Kenya particularly northeast of Lake Turkana and one in Kenya from Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the ...
Bottego's shrew Bottego's shrew (''Crocidura bottegi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found above sea level in Ethiopia and possibly Kenya particularly northeast of Lake Turkana and one in Kenya from Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the ...
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