Rain forest shrew
The rain forest shrew (Sylvisorex pluvialis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is known only from its type locality, and from Kongana, Central African Republic.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sylvisorex |
| Species: | S. pluvialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvisorex pluvialis Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996 | |
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| Rain forest shrew range | |
The Type locality of the species is the Ikenge Research Station in Cameroon at 160 m (520 ft) elevation.[2]
References
- Hutterer, R. 2004. Sylvisorex pluvialis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. Sylvisorex pluvialis. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins U. Pr.
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