The Guramba shrew (''Crocidura phaeura'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Soricidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Sources
* Lavrenchenko, L. & Hutterer, R. 2004.
Crocidura phaeura 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Crocidura
Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
Mammals of Ethiopia
Fauna of the Ethiopian Highlands
Endangered animals
Endangered biota of Africa
Mammals described in 1936
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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