Dramatic Shrew - Crocidura ludia
( Hollister, 1916 )

 

 

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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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Habitat:
C. ludia is restricted to lowland rainforests. It inhabits isolated gallery forest patches in savanna. The preferred habitat is not continuous throughout its range.

Range:
Crocidura ludia occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it has been found at Masako Forest near Kisangani, Medje and Tandala (Hutterer 2005), and has also been found on the southern side of the Congo River (R. Hutterer pers. comm.). In the Central African Republic it has been recorded from the Ngoto forest and the Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve (Hutterer 2005). It is possibly present in Congo and southeastern Cameroon.

Conservation:
This species has been recorded from one protected area in Central African Republic, and in the Masako Forest protected area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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