Climbing shrew
| Climbing shrew | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Suncus |
| Species: | S. megalurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Suncus megalurus (Jentink, 1888) | |
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| Climbing shrew range | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The climbing shrew (Suncus megalurus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae, which is found in subtropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests, and moist savanna.[1]
References
- 1 2 Cassola, F. (2017). "Suncus megalura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T41446A22288732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T41446A22288732.en.
- ↑ "Suncus megalurus (Jentink, 1888)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
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