Mauritanian Shrew

Mauritanian Shrew
Mauritanian Shrew
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. lusitania
Binomial name
Crocidura lusitania
Dollman, 1915
Mauritanian Shrew range

The Mauritanian Shrew (Crocidura lusitania) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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