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Voi White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura vor

French: Crocidure de Voi / German: Voi-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Voi

Other common names: Voi Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura voi Osgood, 1910,

Voi, British East Africa (= Kenya).

Crocidura voi might be closely related to or conspecific with C. fischer. Monotypic.

Distribution. S Sudan, South Sudan, SW Ethiopia, Kenya, and S Somalia as well as two isolated records from SC Mali and E Nigeria.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 75-86 mm, tail 34-53 mm, ear 10-12 mm, hindfoot 12-14 mm; weight 13-4 g. The

Voi White-toothed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsum is cinnamon to grayish brown, with gray-based and cinnamon-tipped hairs. Venter and flanks are yellowish gray to grayish white, with gray-based and creamy yellow-tipped hairs. Tail is ¢.45-55% of head-body length, thick, hairy, pale, and usually bicolored, being darker above and lighter below. Skull is hourglass-shaped,flat, and broad. There are three unicuspids.

Habitat. Probably very dry savanna.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List. Although virtually nothing is known of the Voi White-toothed Shrew,its distribution is considered wide, and no threats seem to be affecting it.

Bibliography. Burgess et al. (2000), Cassola (2016bd), Happold (2013), Hutterer (1986f), Hutterer & Happold (1983), Setzer (1956), Yalden et al. (1996).