Munissi's shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |last1=Dando |first1=T. |last2=Kennerley |first2=R. |year=2020 |title=Crocidura munissii |volume=2020 |amends=2019 |page=e.T112503202A166619293 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T112503202A166619293.en |access-date=31 August 2024}}

| taxon = Crocidura munissii

| authority = Stanley, Hutterer, Giarla & Esselstyn, 2015

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Munissi's shrew (Crocidura munissii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.{{Cite web |title=Explore the Database |url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#genus=Crocidura&species=munissii&id=1003953 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}

It is known only from Rubeho, Udzungwa, Ukaguru and Uluguru mountains. It inhabits montane forests. It has a snout-to-vent length of 75–106 mm, a tail of 66–95 mm and a weight of 9.5–19.5 g, with dark brown fur. This species was named after Tanzanian mammalogist Maiko J. Munissi, in honor of his study of montane mammals of Tanzania.{{Cite journal |last1=Stanley |first1=William T. |last2=Hutterer |first2=Rainer |last3=Giarla |first3=Thomas C. |last4=Esselstyn |first4=Jacob A. |date=2015-04-21 |title=Phylogeny, phylogeography and geographical variation in the Crocidura monax (Soricidae) species complex from the montane islands of Tanzania, with descriptions of three new species |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=174 |issue=1 |pages=185–215 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12230 |issn=0024-4082|doi-access=free }}