Mouse-tailed Shrew

Mouse-tailed ShrewThe mouse-tailed shrew is a small shrew with a long tail. It is recorded in the Upper Guinea region of West Africa; a survey in southeastern Sierra Leone caught two females in old-growth forest.What is its body shape like?The paper describes this species as a small, long-tailed shrew.What kind of forest was it recorded in?The mouse-tailed shrew is a small shrew with a long tail. It is recorded in the Upper Guinea region of West Africa; a survey in southeastern Sierra Leone caught two females in old-growth forest.A survey in southeastern Sierra Leone caught one female each in old-growth forest at Kambui Hills Forest Reserve and Gbaima. The animals were taken with a Sherman trap and a pitfall trap.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.