Crocidura

This shrew was previously been identified as Ceylon Long-tailed Shrew (Crocidura miya).

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

From Sri Lanka, research published in Zootaxa: (News source.) A new, endemic species of shrew Crocidura hikmiya, has been described from Sri Lanka.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

There are many species of squirrels, rodents and bats which are rare elsewhere such as Stanger's squirrel Protoxerus tangeri, white-toothed shrew Crocidura nimbae and Beecroft's bat Anomaurops beecrofti.

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008

Six shrew species are endemic to this part of the hotspot, including the desperate shrew (Crocidura desperate, CR), found only in the Udzungwa and Rungwe Mountains.

Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane 2009

Crocidura tenuis (Soricidae), possibly introduced by man, and the Flores giant rat (Papagomys armandvillei) are considered vulnerable.

Timor and Wetar deciduous forests 2008

Other endangered species include the endemic Rattus montanus and five shrews: Crocidura miya, Feroculus feroculus, Solisorex pearsoni, Suncus fellowsgordoni, and Suncus zeylanicus.

Sri Lanka montane rain forests 2008

The shrew Crocidura thomensis (VU) is the only endemic terrestrial mammal, and is found on São Tomé.

Sao Tome and Principe moist lowland forests 2008

Two small mammals are also considered strictly endemic, the Bibundi bat (Chalinolobus egeria) and the pitch shrew (Crocidura picea, CR).

Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests 2008

Two shrews species, Crocidura erica and Crocidura nigricans are considered near-endemic to this ecoregion.

Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

A member of the white-toothed shrew genus, Crocidura floweri, is also endemic to the ecoregion.

Nile Delta flooded savanna 2008