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Crocidura kegoensis

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Crocidura kegoensis, also known as the Ke Go shrew or Ke Go white-toothed shrew, is a species of shrew in the subfamily Crocidura described in 2004. It is an extremely small gray Crocidura species with a small language, skull and feet. The species has got a short coat (hair on the back of 1.5 mm and 1.0 mm on the belly side). He is known from only one specimen, which was found in the Ke Go Nature Reserve in Vietnam's Ha Tinh province, 200 m altitude. It is possible that C. kegoensis next Paracoelops megalotis another endemic species from the "Northern Lowland Rainforest" of Vietnam. Data of the holotype:Head-body length 48 mmTail length 27 mmBehind Foot Length 10 mmEar length 5mm
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0