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Crocidura macmillani Dollman, 1915

Macmillan's shrew

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1915

Rediscovered: 2002

IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened

 

Distribution

Western Plateau, Ethiopia

 

Biology

 

 

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References

Bannikova, A.A., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Lomov, A.A. and Mednikov, B.M. 2001. Molecular diversity of some Crocidura species (Insectivora, Soricidae) from Ethiopia. In: C. Denys, L. Granjon & A. Poulet (eds), African small mammals--Petits mammifères africains, pp. 55-64. Collection Colloques et Séminaires, IRD Editions, Paris.

Dippenaar, N.J. 1980. New species of Crocidura from Ethiopia and northern Tanzania (Mammalia: Soricidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 32: 125-154.

Heim de Balsac, H. and Meester, J. 1977. Order Insectivora. In: J. Meester and H.W. Setzer (eds), The Mammals of Africa: An Identification Manual, pp. 1-29. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., USA.

Hutterer, R. 1981. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Soricidae Äthiopiens (Mammalia; Insectivora). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 31: 217-247.

Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 220-311. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Kennerley, R. & Lavrenchenko, L. 2016. Crocidura macmillani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T5634A22301723. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5634A22301723.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2017.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Yalden, D.W., Largen, M.J. and Kock, D. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore zoologico italiano/Italian Journal of Zoology, N.S. Supplemento 8(1): 1-118.

 

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