Crocidura olivieri Lesson 1827 (African giant shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Belongs to Crocidura according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Crocidura giffardi, Crocidura horsfieldi, Crocidura kornfeldi, Crocidura leucodon, Crocidura martiensseni, Crocidura russula, Crocidura suaveolens, Crocidura zimmermanni, Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crocidura olivieri in the database

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