The moon forest shrew (''Sylvisorex lunaris'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Soricidae. It is found in
Burundi,
Rwanda, and
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial ...
s.
References
Sylvisorex
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Mammals described in 1906
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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