Harenna shrew

Harenna shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. harenna
Binomial name
Crocidura harenna
Hutterer & Yalden, 1990
Harenna shrew range

The Harenna shrew (Crocidura harenna) is a white-toothed shrew found only in one location in the Bale Mountains in southern Ethiopia. It occurs within an area of less than ten square kilometres, and is listed as a critically endangered species, due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

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. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Lavrenchenko, L. (2004). "Crocidura harenna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2006-05-11. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used


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