The Somali shrew (''Crocidura somalica'') 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,
Mali,
Somalia, and
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. Its natural habitat is dry
savanna.
References
* Hutterer, R. 2004.
Crocidura somalica 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Crocidura
Mammals described in 1895
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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