Jouvenet's shrew (''Crocidura jouvenetae'') 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 in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This species is present in lowland tropical moist forest and possibly in montane forest.
It was first described by
Henri Heim de Balsac
Henri Heim de Balsac (1 January 1899 – 28 November 1979) was a French zoologist.
In 1937 Henri Heim de Balsac was awarded the Prix Savigny de l'Académie des sciences. In the following year, 1938, he was awarded the Prix Gadeau de Kerville ...
who named it after Mademmoiselle A. Jouvenet.
References
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Jouvenet's shrew
Mammals of West Africa
Jouvenet's shrew
Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac