Poll's Shrew - Congosorex polli
( Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
The type collection took place within tropical moist gallery forest. There is little further information available on the natural history of this poorly known species.

Range:
This species is known only from a single specimen collected at Lubondai, Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although the species has not recently been collected, no directed searches have been undertaken near to its type locality (R. Hutterer pers. comm). It is probably restricted to southern forest belt of the Congo, although more research is needed to confirm this (R. Hutterer pers. comm).

Conservation:
It is not known if this species is present in any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-known species.

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