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Suncus remyi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA EULIPOTYPHLA SORICIDAE

Scientific Name: Suncus remyi
Species Authority: Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965
Common Name/s:
English – Gabon Dwarf Shrew, Remy's Pygmy Shrew, Remy's Shrew

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Hutterer, R.
Reviewer/s: Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
History:
2004 – Least Concern
1996 – Critically Endangered
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This Central African species has been recorded from Gabon (including the localities of Belinga, Makokou and Minkébé Forest), the Central African Republic and Congo. It possibly also occurs in Cameroon, but its presence in this country needs to be confirmed.
Countries:
Native:
Central African Republic; Congo; Gabon
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Population [top]

Population: This species is considered to be quite rare.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is associated with lowland tropical moist forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats to this species as a whole. It might be locally threatened by habitat loss or degradation, and possibly by overhunting.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is present in the Minkébé National Park of Gabon. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-known species.
Citation: Hutterer, R. 2008. Suncus remyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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