Rumpi Mouse Shrew

Rumpi Mouse ShrewThe Rumpi Mouse Shrew is known from the Rumpi Hills in Cameroon. Current MDD lists M. rumpii, while a 1973 specialist book used the former subspecies name M. eisentrauti rumpii and described it as darker and shorter-haired than the Bioko Island form.What does it look like?A 1973 specialist book says the Rumpi form, then called M. eisentrauti rumpii, had darker coloration and shorter fur than the Fernando Poo form, now called Bioko Island.How does it live?The Rumpi Mouse Shrew is known from the Rumpi Hills in Cameroon. Current MDD lists M. rumpii, while a 1973 specialist book used the former subspecies name M. eisentrauti rumpii and described it as darker and shorter-haired than the Bioko Island form.A 2016 paper lists rainforest as the species’ habitat, using IUCN database information available in 2015.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.