Crocidura Grandis
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The Greater Mindanao shrew (''Crocidura grandis'') is a species of
mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...
in the family Soricidae. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...
to the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.


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Crocidura Mammals of the Philippines Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fauna of Mindanao Mammals described in 1911 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub