The Upemba shrew (''Crocidura zimmeri'') is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

shrew Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different fa ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

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Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. Its natural habitat is swamp.

Sources

* Hutterer, R. & Howell, K. 2004.
Crocidura zimmeri

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Upemba shrew Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Upemba shrew Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Central Zambezian miombo woodlands {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub