Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew

Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew: Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Soricomorpha

Family: Soricidae

Genus: Crocidura

Species: C. silacea

Binomial name

Crocidura silacea
Thomas, 1895

Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew range

The Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (Crocidura silacea) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rocky areas.

References

Baxter, R. 2004. Crocidura silacea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v · d · e Extant species of order Soricomorpha
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae
Crocidura
(White-toothed
shrews)
Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi) · East African Highland Shrew (C. allex) · Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis) · C. annamitensis · Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum) · Arabian Shrew (C. arabica) · Jackass Shrew (C. arispa) · Armenian Shrew (C. armenica) · Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata) · Hun Shrew (C. attila) · Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi) · Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis) · C. cranbrooki · Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata) · Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei) · Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea) · Dent's Shrew (C. denti) · Desperate Shrew (C. desperata) · Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis) · Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura) · Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti) · Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi) · Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti) · Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius) · Elongated Shrew (C. elongata) · Heather Shrew (C. erica) · Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri) · Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens) · Flower's Shrew (C. floweri) · Bornean Shrew (C. foetida) · Fox's Shrew (C. foxi) · Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa) · Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra) · Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa) · Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina) · Glass's Shrew (C. glassi) · Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini) · Goliath Shrew (C. goliath) · Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes) · Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps) · Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis) · Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei) · Luzon Shrew (C. grayi) · Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi) · C. guy · Harenna Shrew (C. harenna) · C. hikmiya · Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae) · Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana) · Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta) · Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida) · Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii) · Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis) · North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae) · C. phanluongi · Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae (Cont.)
Diplomesodon
Piebald Shrew (D. pulchellum)
Feroculus
Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)
Paracrocidura
(Large-headed
shrews)
Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (P. graueri) · Greater Large-headed Shrew (P. maxima) · Lesser Large-headed Shrew (P. schoutedeni)
Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)
Scutisorex
Armored Shrew (S. somereni)
Solisorex
Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)
Suncus
Sylvisorex
(Forest shrews)
S. akaibei · Cameroonian Forest Shrew (S. cameruniensis) · Grant's Forest Shrew (S. granti) · Howell's Forest Shrew (S. howelli) · Bioko Forest Shrew (S. isabellae) · Johnston's Forest Shrew (S. johnstoni) · Kongana Shrew (S. konganensis) · Moon Forest Shrew (S. lunaris) · Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (S. morio) · Greater Forest Shrew (S. ollula) · Lesser Forest Shrew (S. oriundus) · Rain Forest Shrew (S. pluvialis) · Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)
Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae
Anourosoricini
Anourosorex
(Mole shrews)
Assam Mole Shrew (A. assamensis) · Giant Mole Shrew (A. schmidi) · Chinese Mole Shrew (A. squamipes) · Taiwanese Mole Shrew (A. yamashinai)
Blarinellini
Blarinella
(Asiatic
short-tailed shrews)
Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (B. griselda) · Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (B. quadraticauda) · Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (B. wardi)
Blarinini
Blarina
(American
short-tailed shrews)
Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda) · Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis) · Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga) · Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (B. peninsulae)
Cryptotis
(Small-eared
shrews)
C. mexicana group: Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. mexicana) · Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (C. nelsoni) · C. lacertosus · C. mam · Nectogalini
Chimarrogale
(Asiatic
water shrews)
Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu) · Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica) · Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) · Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephalus) · Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani) · Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)
Chodsigoa
Van Sung's Shrew (C. caovansunga) · De Winton's Shrew (C. hypsibia) · Lamulate Shrew (C. lamula) · Lowe's Shrew (C. parca) · Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (C. parva) · Salenski's Shrew (C. salenskii) · Smith's Shrew (C. smithii) · Lesser Taiwanese Shrew (C. sodalis)
Episoriculus
Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew (E. caudatus) · Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (E. fumidus) · Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (E. leucops) · Long-tailed Mountain Shrew (E. macrurus)
Nectogale
Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)
Neomys
Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus) · Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens) · Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)
Soriculus
Himalayan Shrew (S. nigrescens)
Notiosoricini
Megasorex
Mexican Shrew (M. gigas)
Notiosorex
Cockrum's Gray Shrew (N. cockrumi) · Crawford's Gray Shrew (N. crawfordi) · Large-eared Gray Shrew (N. evotis) · Villa's Gray Shrew (N. villai)
Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae (Tribe Soricini)
Sorex
(Long-tailed
shrews)
Subgenus
Otisorex
Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar) · Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus) · Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis) · American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi) · Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon) · Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri) · Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus) · Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus) · Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae) · Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus) · Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus) · Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis)
S. vagrans complex: Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus) · Baird's Shrew (S. bairdii) · Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) · Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) · New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus) · Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus) · American Water Shrew (S. palustris) · Fog Shrew (S. sonomae) · Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans)
S. cinereus group: Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica) · Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus) · Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni) · Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) · Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster) · Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris) · Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli) · Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi) · Preble's Shrew (S. preblei) · Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis) · Olympic Shrew (S. rohweri) · Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)
Subgenus
Sorex
incertae sedis
Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae) · Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus) · Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami) · Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps) · Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei) · Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri) · San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon) · Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus) · Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii) · Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis) · Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)
Family Soricidae, subfamily Myosoricinae
Congosorex
(Congo shrews)
Myosorex
(Forest and mouse
shrews)
Babault's Mouse Shrew (M. babaulti) · Montane Mouse Shrew (M. blarina) · Dark-footed Mouse Shrew (M. cafer) · Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (M. eisentrauti) · Geata Mouse Shrew (M. geata) · Surdisorex
(African
mole shrews)
Aberdare Mole Shrew (S. norae) · Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (S. polulus)
Family Talpidae
Scalopinae
(New World moles
and relatives)
Condylura
Star-nosed Mole (C. cristata)
Parascalops
Hairy-tailed Mole (P. breweri)
Scalopus
Eastern Mole (S. aquaticus)
Scapanulus
Gansu Mole (S. oweni)
Scapanus
(Western North
American moles)
Broad-footed Mole (S. latimanus) · Coast Mole (S. orarius) · Townsend's Mole (S. townsendii)
Talpinae
(Old World moles
and relatives)
Euroscaptor
Greater Chinese Mole (E. grandis) · Kloss's Mole (E. klossi) · Long-nosed Mole (E. longirostris) · Himalayan Mole (E. micrura) · Japanese Mountain Mole (E. mizura) · Small-toothed Mole (E. parvidens)
Mogera
Echigo Mole (M. etigo) · Insular Mole (M. insularis) · Kano Mole (M. kanoana) · Kobe Mole (M. kobeae) · Small Japanese Mole (M. imaizumii) · Large Mole (M. robusta) · Sado Mole (M. tokudae) · Japanese Mole (M. wogura) · Senkaku Mole (M. uchidai)
Parascaptor
White-tailed Mole (P. leucura)
Scaptochirus
Short-faced Mole (S. moschatus)
Talpa
Altai Mole (T. altaica) · Blind Mole (T. caeca) · Caucasian Mole (T. caucasica) · European Mole (T. europaea) · Père David's Mole (T. davidiana) · Levant Mole (T. levantis) · Spanish Mole (T. occidentalis) · Roman Mole (T. romana) · Balkan Mole (T. stankovici)
Scaptonyx
Long-tailed Mole (S. fusicaudus)
Desmana
Russian Desman (D. moschata)
Galemys
Pyrenean Desman (G. pyrenaicus)
Dymecodon
True's Shrew Mole (D. pilirostris)
Urotrichus
Japanese Shrew Mole (U. talpoides)
Neurotrichus
American Shrew Mole (N. gibbsii)
Uropsilinae
(Chinese
shrew-like moles)
Uropsilus
Anderson's Shrew Mole (U. andersoni) · Gracile Shrew Mole (U. gracilis) · Inquisitive Shrew Mole (U. investigator) · Chinese Shrew Mole (U. soricipes)
Family Solenodontidae
Solenodon
Cuban Solenodon (S. cubanus) · Hispaniolan Solenodon (S. paradoxus)

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Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. silacea
Binomial name
*Crocidura silacea* Thomas, 1895

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