Jouvenet's shrew
| Jouvenet's shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. jouvenetae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura jouvenetae Heim de Balsac, 1958
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Jouvenet's shrew (Crocidura jouvenetae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This species is present in lowland tropical moist forest and possibly in montane forest.
It was first described by Henri Heim de Balsac who named it after Mademmoiselle A. Jouvenet.[2]
References
- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ Beolens, Bo (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356.
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Crocidura jouvenetae | |
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