Johnston's forest shrew
Johnston's forest shrew (Sylvisorex johnstoni) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sylvisorex |
| Species: | S. johnstoni |
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| Sylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson, 1888) | |
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References
- Hutterer, R.; Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Sylvisorex johnstoni 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 30 July 2007
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