Rumpi mouse shrew

Rumpi mouse shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Myosorex
Species: M. rumpii
Binomial name
Myosorex rumpii
Heim de Balsac, 1968
Rumpi mouse shrew range

The Rumpi mouse shrew (Myosorex rumpii) is an Myosoricinae shrew found only on the Rumpi Hills, Cameroon. It 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. 266. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Hutterer (2004). "Myosorex rumpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 May 2006.


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