Aberdare Mole Shrew

Aberdare Mole ShrewThis is a burrowing shrew from the Kenyan highlands. In the Aberdare Mountains, earthworms were reported as its main food.What does it look like?It is a mole-like burrowing shrew. The paper describes Surdisorex shrews as lacking external ear pinnae.How does it live?This is a burrowing shrew from the Kenyan highlands. In the Aberdare Mountains, earthworms were reported as its main food.In the Aberdare Mountains, earthworms were reported as its main food. Records span 2,700–3,350 m in bamboo, mixed Podocarpus forest and swamp habitats.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.