Red List Category & Criteria:Endangered B2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1
This species is only known from four specimens. The most recent was collected in 1990.
This species is restricted to patchy gallery forests in the corner of northwest Zambia. They occur in Mushitu forests (evergreen), which are generally no more than 100 m wide, along the catchment of the upper Zambezi River. This habitat is distributed along tributaries and is highly fragmented.
The main threat to this species is habitat loss due to agricultural expansion. Local-scale tree felling for extraction is also a contributing factor. The habitat of this species is also regularly damaged by fires.
Dear Sir
Please support more effort in preserving the habitat loss of this endangered shrew (Ansell's Shrew (Crocidura ansellorum))
This species has been recorded from the Hillwood Farm private game ranch (~165 km²), and it has also been recorded from the Nchila Wildlife Reserve. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, breeding biology and general ecology of this species.
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