The Somali dwarf shrew (''Crocidura nana'') 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
Ethiopia and
Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland
grassland.
Type Locality: Somalia, Dollo
References
Sources
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005
Crocidura nana Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).
Crocidura
Mammals described in 1890
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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