Crocidura greenwoodi Heim de Balsac 1966

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 233

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scientific name	Crocidura greenwoodi Heim de Balsac 1966
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Crocidura greenwoodi Heim de Balsac 1966 , Monitore Zool. Ital., 74 (suppl.): 215.

Type Locality: Somalia, "Gelib".

Vernacular Names: Greenwood's Shrew.

Distribution: S Somalia.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Species confined to the Horn of Africa; apparently related to fulvastra and hirta , with which greenwoodi shares the same karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 66) ( Schlitter et al., 1999).