The Mount Kenya mole shrew (''Surdisorex polulus'') 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

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 ...

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...

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. Its natural habitat is tropical high-altitude bamboo and grassland, particularly the bamboo-belt of Mount Kenya and the adjacent heath and grassland. The Mt. Kenya mole shrew is listed as vulnerable because it is known to only be found in a single location in highlands of Mount Kenya, though a closely-related species, the

Aberdare Mole Shrew The Aberdare mole shrew (''Surdisorex norae'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption ...

, can be found on the nearby Aberdare range. The habitat of the species is dense montane grassland.

References

Surdisorex Endemic fauna of Kenya Mammals of Kenya Mount Kenya Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1916 {{shrew-stub