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Myosorex longicaudatus (Long-tailed Forest Shrew)

Wikipedia Abstract

The long-tailed forest shrew (Myosorex longicaudatus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and swamps.
View Wikipedia Record: Myosorex longicaudatus

Infraspecies

Myosorex longicaudatus boosmani
Myosorex longicaudatus longicaudatus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Myosorex longicaudatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.31
EDGE Score: 3.5
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [1]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  90 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Knysna-Amatole montane forests South Africa Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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