The pale gray shrew (''Crocidura pergrisea'') is a species of
mammal 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 else ...
to
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
and is distributed in the
Shigar valley
The Shigar Valley ( ur, وادی شگر) is a valley in Gilgit Baltistan in northern Pakistan that is watered by the Shigar River, and centred on the town of Shigar. The valley stretches about 170 km from Skardu to Askole and is the gatew ...
and the western edge of
Deosai.
References
Sources
* Insectivore Specialist Group 1996.
Crocidura pergrisea 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Mammals of India
Crocidura
Mammals described in 1913
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Endemic fauna of Pakistan
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