The Nyiro shrew (''Crocidura macowi'') 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
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 ...
to
Kenya
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Sources
* Hutterer, R., Jenkins, P. & Oguge, N. 2004.
Crocidura macowi 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Crocidura
Mammals of Kenya
Endemic fauna of Kenya
Mammals described in 1915
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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