The Somali dwarf shrew (''Crocidura nana'') is a species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Type Locality: Somalia, Dollo

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* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005
Crocidura nana
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 (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu). Crocidura Mammals described in 1890 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub