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Peters's musk shrew

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Peters's musk shrew
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. gracilipes
Binomial name
Crocidura gracilipes
Peters, 1870
Peters's musk shrew range

The Peters's musk shrew (Crocidura gracilipes) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. Reports of the species near Murchison Falls in western Uganda haven't been verified.

Sources

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  1. ^ Jenkins, P. (2016). "Crocidura gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5631A22299723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5631A22299723.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.