Wimmer's Shrew

Wimmer's Shrew
Wimmer's Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. wimmeri
Binomial name
Crocidura wimmeri
Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1958
Wimmer's Shrew range

Wimmer's Shrew (Crocidura wimmeri) is a white-toothed shrew found only in Côte d'Ivoire. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 254. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.