Rumpi Mouse Shrew
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Rumpi Mouse Shrew is an Myosoricinae
shrew
found only on the Rumpi hills
, Cameroon
. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Myosoricinae
According to the current taxonomy, Myosoricinae is a subfamily of shrews. As such, they form one of three main types of shrew, the other two being the red-toothed shrews and the white-toothed shrews...
shrew
Shrew
A shrew or shrew mouse is a small molelike mammal classified in the order Soricomorpha. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders.Although its external appearance is generally that of...
found only on the Rumpi hills
Rumpi Hills
The Rumpi Hills in the Southwest Region of Cameroon are about north of Mount Cameroon, and include the Rumpi Hills Wildlife Reserve.The Rumpi Hills cover about in an area of Precambrian metamorphic and intrusive rocks cut by Cainozoic intrusive complexes and widely overlain by volcanoes from the...
, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.