Bale shrew

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Bale shrew
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. bottegoides
Binomial name
Crocidura bottegoides
Hutterer & Yalden, 1990
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Bale shrew range

The Bale shrew (Crocidura bottegoides) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia, in the Bale Mountains of the Ethiopian Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and high-elevation grassland.

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