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Day's shrew

Order : Insectivora
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Species : Suncus dayi

 

The Day's shrew is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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