Rumpi Mouse Shrew

Rumpi Mouse Shrew
Rumpi Mouse Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Myosorex
Species: M. rumpii
Binomial name
Myosorex rumpii
Heim de Balsac, 1968
Rumpi Mouse Shrew range

Rumpi Mouse Shrew (Myosorex rumpii) is an Myosoricinae shrew found only on the Rumpi hills, Cameroon. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 266. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.