Crocidura grandiceps

Crocidura grandiceps
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. grandiceps
Binomial name
	Crocidura grandiceps; Hutterer, 1983
	Large-headed shrew range

Crocidura grandiceps is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The vernacular name large-headed shrew is sometimes applied to C. grandiceps but has also been used for the entire related genus Paracrocidura.

Sources

Hutterer, R. (2008). "Crocidura grandiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T41321A10443138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41321A10443138.en. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.

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[iucn-1] Hutterer, R. (2008). "Crocidura grandiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T41321A10443138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41321A10443138.en. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.