Bailey's shrew (''Crocidura baileyi'') 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. The name honours American naturalist and museum director

Alfred Marshall Bailey Alfred Marshall Bailey (February 18, 1894 – February 25, 1978) was an American ornithology, ornithologist who was associated with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature and Scie ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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 ...

. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-elevation

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...

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Bailey's shrew Bailey's shrew (''Crocidura baileyi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. The name honours American naturalist and museum director Alfred Marshall Bailey. It is endemic to Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical hig ...

Mammals of Ethiopia Endemic fauna of Ethiopia

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