Crocidura grandiceps

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Crocidura grandiceps
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C. grandiceps
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Crocidura grandiceps
Hutterer, 1983
Large-headed shrew range

Crocidura grandiceps is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The vernacular name large-headed shrew is sometimes applied to C. grandiceps but has also been used for the entire related genus Paracrocidura.

Sources

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2010.2 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.