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Crocidura negrina
Rabor, 1952. Chicago Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Misc. 96:6.



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ORDER—INSECTIVORA
FAMILY—Soricidae

COMMON NAME—Negros shrew.

DISTRIBUTION—Philippines only; endemic to Negros Island (FMNH).

HABITAT—Known only from six specimens taken in primary lowland and montane forest from ca. 500 m to 1450 m elevation in southern Negros (UMMZ) (Heaney & Ruedi, 1994; Heaney & Utzurrum, 1991;Rabor, 1986).

STATUS—Rare because of restricted range and habitat destruction (Heaney & Utzurrum, 1991). IUCN: Critically Endangered


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