| Myosorex varius | |
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| Drawing of M. varius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Myosorex |
| Species: | M. varius
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| Binomial name | |
| Myosorex varius (Smuts, 1832)
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| Forest shrew range | |
The forest shrew (Myosorex varius) is a species of shrew in the mouse shrew family, Soricidae.[2] It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini.[1] Its natural habitats include temperate forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and temperate grassland.[1] The term "forest shrews" in the plural is sometimes confusingly used to collectively refer to a different genus, Sylvisorex.
- ^ a b c "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.