Grauer's Large-headed Shrew

Grauer's Large-headed ShrewThis shrew was collected in the Itombwe Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The adult male holotype measured 83 mm in head-and-body length and had a 46 mm tail. It was recorded in primary forest behind the mountains near Lake Tanganyika’s northwestern shore.What does it look like?The adult male holotype measured 83 mm in head-and-body length, with a 46 mm tail. The tail was 55.4% of head-and-body length. The original description identified it as the largest species in its genus and described a longer rostrum than in the compared Paracrocidura maxima.How does it live?This shrew was collected in the Itombwe Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The adult male holotype measured 83 mm in head-and-body length and had a 46 mm tail. It was recorded in primary forest behind the mountains near Lake Tanganyika’s northwestern shore.R. Grauer collected the holotype ZMB 83255 in primary forest behind the mountains beside Lake Tanganyika's northwestern shore on 17 December 1908.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.