Somali dwarf shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| name = Somali dwarf shrew

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2019 |title=Crocidura nana |volume=2019 |page=e.T41341A22306927 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T41341A22306927.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Crocidura

| species = nana

| authority = Dobson, 1890

| synonyms =

| range_map = Somali Dwarf Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Somali dwarf shrew range

}}

The Somali dwarf shrew (Crocidura nana) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Type Locality: Somalia, Dollo

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Sources

  • Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. [https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700137 Crocidura nana]. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).

{{Soricomorpha|C1.}}

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Category:Crocidura

Category:Mammals described in 1890

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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