Long-footed Shrew - Crocidura crenata
( Brosset, DuBost & Heim de Balsac, 1965 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
C. crenata generally inhabits primary lowland forest, between 100 m to 700 m asl.

Range:
C. crenata ranges throughout parts of the western Congo basin and is recorded from Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), southern Central African Republic (in Kongana Forest), the Congo, Gabon, and southern Cameroon, including the western parts of Korup National Park. There is also a record from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Conservation:
This species occurs in several protected areas in Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic and Congo. Further studies are needed into the natural history of this species.

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