Thalia Shrew - Crocidura thalia
( Dippenaar, 1980 )

 

 

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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 the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
C. thalia is found in open habitats from humid woodland savanna to upland grasslands, moorland and scrub, both to the east and west of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. It is largely absent from afromontane forest with a dense canopy (Lavrenchenko 2000).

Range:
This species is found in the Ethiopian Highlands, on both sides of the Rift Valley, at elevations of 515 to 3,300 m asl (Yalden et al. 1997).

Conservation:
This species is present in Bale Mountain National Park.

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