Taita shrew[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Suncus
Species:
S. aequatorius
Binomial name
Suncus aequatorius
(Heller, 1912)
Habitat of the Taita Shrew in Kenya.

The Taita shrew (Suncus aequatorius) is an extant species of white-toothed shrew from two localities in the Taita Hills mountain range in the Taita-Taveta District of southwestern Kenya.[2] Given the continuing decline in the quality of this habitat, and the limitations in its range, the IUCN recognises the shrew as an endangered species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c Kennerley, R. (2016). "Suncus aequatorius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136224A22289522. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136224A22289522.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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