Mauritanian Shrew
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mauritanian Shrew | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation status | ||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Crocidura lusitania Dollman, 1915 |
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, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
[edit] References
- Hutterer, R. 2004. Crocidura lusitania. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

