Wimmer's shrew

Wimmer's shrew[1]
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. wimmeri
Binomial name
	Crocidura wimmeri; Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1958
	Wimmer's shrew range

Wimmer's shrew (Crocidura wimmeri) is a white-toothed shrew found only in Côte d'Ivoire. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.

References

Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Hutterer, R. (2008). "Crocidura wimmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used.

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[msw3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Hutterer, R. (2008). "Crocidura wimmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is critically endangered and the criteria used.