African giant shrew
| African giant shrew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. olivieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura olivieri | |
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Olivier's Shrew (Crocidura olivieri) is a mammal in the Soricidae family. It lives in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It lives in subtropical and tropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical and tropical moist mountain areas, dry flat grasslands where crops can grow, moist savannas, arable land, rural gardens, city-based areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Cassola, F. (2016). "Olivier's Shrew: Crocidura olivieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41348A115180235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41348A22309617.en. Retrieved November 13, 2021.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |url= mismatch (help)
