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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
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Habitat:
This species is found in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and moist savanna. It is not known if it can persist in secondary habitats.
Range:
Crocidura denti has a disjunct distribution in Central and West Africa. In Central Africa, it is found in the mountains of Cameroon, the Congo basin including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the type locality is Ituri forest), Gabon and Uganda (and possibly Congo and Central African Republic). There are isolated records of this species from mountain tops in West Africa from Guinea and Sierra Leone (at Mount Loma), however, it is unclear whether these records truly represent C. denti because of taxonomic difficulties with this species (Ziegler et al. 2002). It might be present near Lake Tana in Ethiopia, however, this needs confirmation. Its elevational range is approximately 500 to 1,500 m asl (Mount Oku, Cameroon).
Conservation:
This species has been recorded from several protected areas in Gabon, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Additional studies are needed into the distribution of this species, and into the taxonomic status of populations of Crocidura from west Africa currently allocated to this species.