Crocidura hirta

Peters, 1852

Lesser Red Musk Shrew

Figure 1. Photograph by B. Stanley.

Figure 2. FMNH 180834. Photograph by R. Banasiak.

Type Description:

Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere, p. 78.

Type Locality:

Mozambique, Tette, 17°S.

Measurements:

Total length: 120-170 mm

Head and body: 62-110 mm

Tail length: 35-65 mm

Hindfoot length: 12-12.5 mm

Ear length: 6-11 mm

Weight: 10-20 g

Distribution:

A common species from the southern savannas and eastern half of Africa, Crocidura hirta lives within all vegetation types and on all altitudes. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)

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:95-109.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 145-146.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:202-203, 218-222.
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.