MacArthur's Shrew

MacArthur's ShrewThis shrew is recorded at scattered localities across Kenya and in central and southern Somalia. In southern Kenya it lives in dry Acacia savanna, and a female was also collected at Moroto in Uganda.What does it look like?Measurements for the type and Moroto material give a head-and-body length of 81 mm and a tail of 36–38 mm. The tail is roughly half the head-and-body length.How does it live?This shrew is recorded at scattered localities across Kenya and in central and southern Somalia. In southern Kenya it lives in dry Acacia savanna, and a female was also collected at Moroto in Uganda.In southern Kenya at about 800 m, it is recorded in dry Acacia savanna interspersed with Themeda, Hyparrhenia, and Cenchrus grasses. It is terrestrial. At Mitubiri, a Kenyan survey recorded one female in grass-and-bush habitat. At Moroto, Uganda, an adult female was collected on 17 May 1993.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.