Mount Kenya mole shrew Surdisorex polulus Data deficient
Where the Mount Kenya mole shrew lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 11 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See hedgehogs, shrews & moles on the world map
| Scientific name | Surdisorex polulus |
|---|---|
| Group | Hedgehogs, shrews & moles |
| Status | Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 1 country |
| Continents | Africa |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Eulipotyphla |
| Family | Soricidae |
Where does the Mount Kenya mole shrew live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Mount Kenya mole shrew in 1 country or territory across Africa.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the Mount Kenya mole shrew endangered?
The Mount Kenya mole shrew’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the Mount Kenya mole shrew?
The Mount Kenya mole shrew (Surdisorex polulus) is a mammal in the order Eulipotyphla and the family Soricidae, genus Surdisorex. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the Mount Kenya mole shrew
The Mount Kenya mole shrew (Surdisorex polulus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Mount Kenya in Kenya. Its natural habitat is tropical high-elevation bamboo and grassland, particularly the bamboo-belt of Mount Kenya and the adjacent heath and grassland.
The Mt. Kenya mole shrew is listed as vulnerable because it is known to only be found in a single location in highlands of Mount Kenya, though a closely related species, the Aberdare Mole Shrew, can be found on the nearby Aberdare range. The habitat of the species is dense montane grassland.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mount Kenya mole shrew (revision 1314742322), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1761676 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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