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Crocidura ludia

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA EULIPOTYPHLA SORICIDAE

Scientific Name: Crocidura ludia
Species Authority: Hollister, 1916
Common Name/s:
English – Dramatic Shrew, Ludia's Shrew

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Hutterer, R.
Evaluator/s: Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern because, although it is seldom recorded, it is more widespread than previously thought and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
History:
2004 – Least Concern (IUCN 2004)
1996 – Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Crocidura ludia occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it has been found at Masako Forest near Kisangani, Medje and Tandala (Hutterer 2005), and has also been found on the southern side of the Congo River (R. Hutterer pers. comm.). In the Central African Republic it has been recorded from the Ngoto forest and the Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve (Hutterer 2005). It is possibly present in Congo and southeastern Cameroon.
Countries:
Native:
Central African Republic; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Presence uncertain:
Cameroon; Congo
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: This species is believed to have a small population.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: C. ludia is restricted to lowland rainforests. It inhabits isolated gallery forest patches in savanna. The preferred habitat is not continuous throughout its range.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): General habitat loss and fragmentation are threatening the northern populations of this species in the Central African Republic.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: This species has been recorded from one protected area in Central African Republic, and in the Masako Forest protected area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Citation: Hutterer, R. 2008. Crocidura ludia. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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