Ruwenzori shrew
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Species of mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Ruwenzorisorex Hutterer, 1986 |
| Species: | R. suncoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Ruwenzorisorex suncoides (Osgood, 1936)
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| Ruwenzori shrew range | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Sylvisorex suncoides | |
The Ruwenzori shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus Ruwenzorisorex.[2] It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.[1] It is semiaquatic, living along streams in tropical cloud forest.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kerbis Peterhans, J. (2016). “Ruwenzorisorex suncoides (errata version published in 2017)”. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19790A115153189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19790A22290635.en. Accessed on 16 October 2022.
- ^ a b Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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