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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| 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 |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Very little is known about the habitat requirements of this shrew, although it is found in man-made habitats in the Nile Valley.
Range:
Crocidura floweri is endemic to Egypt. It has been recorded from El Giza and the southern region of the Nile Delta, as well as records from Wadi El Natrun (a large oasis west of the Nile Delta), and from the Upper Nile Valley.
C. floweri appears to have a restricted range, although M. Saleh (pers. comm.) believes that this may be due to the restricted sampling range of the commercial collectors from the village of Abu Rawash in Giza, from whom many of the specimens have originated. Saleh believes that it is not unlikely that, with a proper survey, this species will be found throughout the rest of the Nile Delta and possibly the Nile Valley, where habitats identical to those within its known area of occupancy extend uninterrupted by any obvious ecological barrier. However, collecting efforts over a period of one year in the 1990s failed to find any specimens in the Nile Valley area (R. Hutterer pers. comm. 2007).
The species was reported possibly extinct in 1962, however, in the 1980s it was recorded from owl pellets.
C. floweri appears to have a restricted range, although M. Saleh (pers. comm.) believes that this may be due to the restricted sampling range of the commercial collectors from the village of Abu Rawash in Giza, from whom many of the specimens have originated. Saleh believes that it is not unlikely that, with a proper survey, this species will be found throughout the rest of the Nile Delta and possibly the Nile Valley, where habitats identical to those within its known area of occupancy extend uninterrupted by any obvious ecological barrier. However, collecting efforts over a period of one year in the 1990s failed to find any specimens in the Nile Valley area (R. Hutterer pers. comm. 2007).
The species was reported possibly extinct in 1962, however, in the 1980s it was recorded from owl pellets.
Conservation:
Currently there are no conservation measures taken to protect this species in Egypt, and no part of its known distribution range is protected. More data are required on population status (densities, trends), threats, etc.