Myosorex

• Forest Shrew Myosorex varius

  

  The forest shrew is a small gray-to-brown shrew. It searches for insects and other small invertebrates in moist, densely vegetated places.

• Babault's Mouse Shrew Myosorex babaulti

  Babault's Mouse Shrew was reconfirmed in recent surveys of Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Records are few, and researchers report that it favors moist, shady places.

• Montane Mouse Shrew Myosorex blarina

  The Montane Mouse Shrew occurs in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Rwenzori region. Records include specimens from high elevations.

• Bururi Mouse Shrew Myosorex buruiensis

  This shrew is known from one specimen collected in Bururi Forest Reserve, Burundi. Its description records thick, woolly fur with copper-colored tips on the dorsal hairs.

• Dark-footed Forest Shrew Myosorex cafer

  The Dark-footed Forest Shrew is a small shrew that lives mainly in moist forest. Its upper fur is dark brown to black, with paler underparts.

• Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew Myosorex eisentrauti

  Eisentraut's mouse shrew has a type locality in the highlands of Bioko Island. A Mammals of Africa table classifies its habitat as rain forest.

• Geata Mouse Shrew Myosorex geata

  This small mouse shrew is reported as endemic to Tanzania’s Uluguru Mountains. Mean head-body length is 72 mm, and the tail is about 57% as long.

• Nyika Mouse Shrew Myosorex gnoskei

  This shrew is known from the Nyika Plateau in Malawi. Only its type locality is documented, so information about its habitat and behavior remains limited.

• Kahuzi Mouse Shrew Myosorex jejei

  Myosorex jejei is a shrew known from specimen records in the Kahuzi-Biega area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its coat is dark gray with brown hair tips. The 2010 description reports collections from wetlands and the surrounding montane forest.

• Kabogo Mouse Shrew Myosorex kabogoensis

  This shrew was recorded in the Misotshi-Kabogo Highlands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The paper describes very dark slate-grey fur and a tail exceptionally short in relation to the body.

• Kihaule's Mouse Shrew Myosorex kihaulei

  Kihaule's Mouse Shrew is a medium-sized shrew known from the Udzungwa Mountains of southern Tanzania. Its dorsal fur is dark brown, and it inhabits wet montane forest and bamboo forest.

• Long-tailed Forest Shrew Myosorex longicaudatus

  The long-tailed forest shrew is a small shrew of moist forests and forest edges in southern South Africa. Its tail is long and thick relative to its body.

• Forest Shrew Myosorex varius

  The forest shrew is a small gray-to-brown shrew. It searches for insects and other small invertebrates in moist, densely vegetated places.