Lesser Forest Shrew

Lesser Forest Shrew
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Sylvisorex
Species:	S. oriundus
Binomial name
Sylvisorex oriundus Hollister, 1916
Lesser Forest Shrew range

The Lesser Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is endemic to Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Medje

Source

• Hutterer, R. 2004. Sylvisorex oriundus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
• Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Sylvisorex oriundus. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or [phone], or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).