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Taita shrew

Taita shrew[1]
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Suncus
Species:	S. aequatorius
Binomial name
Suncus aequatorius (Heller, 1912)
Habitat of the Taita Shrew in Kenya.

The Taita shrew (Suncus aequatorius) is an extant speciesofwhite-toothed shrew from two localities in the Taita Hills mountain range in the Taita-Taveta District of southwestern Kenya.^[2] Given the continuing decline in the quality of this habitat, and the limitations in its range, the IUCN recognises the shrew as an endangered species.^[2]

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• 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.
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