African Giant Shrew
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African Giant Shrew

Crocidura olivieri

Overview

Tsavo West National Park in Kenya, Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania, and Mikumi National Park in Tanzania are among the five atlas places where the African Giant Shrew is recorded. Records of this mammal concentrate in Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Guinea, Uganda, and Congo - Brazzaville. Across 19 countries, the atlas holds 1,178 open records of this member of the Soricidae family.

Seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
1,178
Countries
19
Atlas places
5
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the African Giant Shrew as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 422 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Central African Republic
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 221 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guinea
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 145 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 85 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Congo - Brazzaville
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 52 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Burundi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 37 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Cameroon
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 26 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Gabon
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 19 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 43 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Côte d’Ivoire
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 34 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of African Giant Shrew