Bailey's shrew (''Crocidura baileyi'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Soricidae. The name honours American naturalist and museum director
Alfred Marshall Bailey. 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 habitat is subtropical or tropical high-elevation
grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush ( Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...
.
References
Bailey's shrew
Mammals of Ethiopia
Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
Bailey's shrew
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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