Suncus varilla

(Thomas, 1895)

Lesser Dwarf Shrew

Figure 1. Photograph by B. Stanley.

Figure 2. FMNH 168108. Photograph by R. Banasiak.

Type Description:

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.6, 16:54.

Type Locality:

South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., East London.

Measurements:

Head and body: 52 mm

Tail length: 32 mm

Hindfoot length: 9 mm

Weight: 3.5-9.5 g

Figure 3.

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:92.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 143.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 223-225.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.