Doucet's Musk Shrew - Crocidura douceti
( Heim de Balsac, 1957 )

 

 

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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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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
Crocidura douceti is a semi-arboreal species. It has been found in primary forest, secondary forest, and in fields and fallow areas (Nicolas et al. 2009).

Range:

This species is found in the forest-savanna border of Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and possibly Nigeria. The Nigerian records, which are based on specimens recovered from owl pellets, might be mis-identifications (R. Hutterer pers. comm). There is a possible record of the species in the Mamang River Forest Reserve in Ghana (Barrière et al. 2009).


Conservation:
It has been recorded from Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little known species.

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