Desperate shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| image =

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dando, T. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2019 |title=Crocidura desperata |volume=2019 |page=e.T5624A22300601 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T5624A22300601.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Crocidura

| species = desperata

| authority = Hutterer, Jenkins & Verheyen, 1991

| synonyms =

| range_map = Desperate Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Desperate shrew range

}}

The desperate shrew (Crocidura desperata) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.