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Bale Shrew
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. bottegoides
Binomial name
*Crocidura bottegoides* Hutterer & Yalden, 1990

Bale Shrew range

The Bale Shrew (Crocidura bottegoides) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is endemic to Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Hutterer, R. & Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. Crocidura bottegoides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

Extant species of order Soricomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae

Crocidura
(White-toothed
shrews)

Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae (Cont.)

Diplomesodon	Piebald Shrew (D. pulchellum)

Feroculus	Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)

Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews)	Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (P. graueri) Greater Large-headed Shrew (P. maxima) Lesser Large-headed Shrew (P. schoutedeni)

Ruwenzorisorex	Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)

Scutisorex	Armored Shrew (S. somereni)

Solisorex	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)

Suncus	Taita Shrew (S. aequatorius) Black Shrew (S. ater) Day's Shrew (S. dayi) Etruscan Shrew (S. etruscus) Sri Lankan Shrew (S. fellowesgordoni) Bornean Pygmy Shrew (S. hosei) Least Dwarf Shrew (S. infinitesimus) Greater Dwarf Shrew (S. lixus) Madagascan Pygmy Shrew (S. madagascariensis) Malayan Pygmy Shrew (S. malayanus) Climbing Shrew (S. megalura) Flores Shrew (S. mertensi) Asian Highland Shrew (S. montanus) Asian House Shrew (S. murinus) Remy's Pygmy Shrew (S. remyi) Anderson's Shrew (S. stoliczkanus) Lesser Dwarf Shrew (S. varilla) Jungle Shrew (S. zeylanicus)

Sylvisorex (Forest shrews)	S. akaibei Cameroonian Forest Shrew (S. cameruniensis) Grant's Forest Shrew (S. granti) Howell's Forest Shrew (S. howelli) Bioko Forest Shrew (S. isabellae) Johnston's Forest Shrew (S. johnstoni) Kongana Shrew (S. konganensis) Moon Forest Shrew (S. lunaris) Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (S. morio) Greater Forest Shrew (S. ollula) Lesser Forest Shrew (S. oriundus) Rain Forest Shrew (S. pluvialis) Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)

Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae

Anourosoricini

Anourosorex (Mole shrews)	Assam Mole Shrew (A. assamensis) Giant Mole Shrew (A. schmidi) Chinese Mole Shrew (A. squamipes) Taiwanese Mole Shrew (A. yamashinai)

Blarinellini

Blarinella (Asiatic short-tailed shrews)	Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (B. griselda) Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (B. quadraticauda) Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (B. wardi)

Blarinini

Blarina (American short-tailed shrews)	Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda) Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis) Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga) Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (B. peninsulae)

Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews)	C. mexicana group Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. mexicana) Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (C. nelsoni) Grizzled Small-eared Shrew (C. obscura) Phillips' Smal-eared Shrew (C. phillipsii) C. goldmani set Central Mexican Broad-clawed Shrew (C. alticola) Goldman's Broad-clawed Shrew (C. goldmani) Goodwin's Broad-clawed Shrew (C. goodwini) Guatemalan Broad-clawed Shrew (C. griseoventris) C. lacertosus C. mam Oaxacan Broad-clawed Shrew (C. peregrina) C. nigrescens group Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew (C. brachyonyx) Colombian Small-eared Shrew (C. colombiana) Honduran Small-eared Shrew (C. hondurensis) Yucatan Small-eared Shrew (C. mayensis) Darién Small-eared Shrew (C. mera) Merriam's Small-eared Shrew (C. merriami) Blackish Small-eared Shrew (C. nigrescens) C. thomasi group Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew (C. equatoris) Medellín Small-eared Shrew (C. medellinia) Merida Small-eared Shrew (C. meridensis) Wandering Small-eared Shrew (C. montivaga) Peruvian Small-eared Shrew (C. peruviensis) Scaly-footed Small-eared Shrew (C. squaipes) Tamá Small-eared Shrew (C. tamensis) Thomas' Small-eared Shrew (C. thomasi) C. parva group Central American Least Shrew (C. orophila) North American Least Shrew (C. parva) Tropical Small-eared Shrew (C. tropicalis) ungrouped/relict Enders's Small-eared Shrew (C. endersi) Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (C. gracilis) Big Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. magna)

Nectogalini

Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews)	Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu) Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica) Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephalus) Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani) Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)

Chodsigoa	Van Sung's Shrew (C. caovansunga) De Winton's Shrew (C. hypsibia) Lamulate Shrew (C. lamula) Lowe's Shrew (C. parca) Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (C. parva) Salenski's Shrew (C. salenskii) Smith's Shrew (C. smithii) Lesser Taiwanese Shrew (C. sodalis)

Episoriculus	Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew (E. caudatus) Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (E. fumidus) Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (E. leucops) Long-tailed Mountain Shrew (E. macrurus)

Nectogale	Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)

Neomys	Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus) Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens) Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)

Soriculus	Himalayan Shrew (S. nigrescens)

Notiosoricini

Megasorex	Mexican Shrew (M. gigas)

Notiosorex	Cockrum's Gray Shrew (N. cockrumi) Crawford's Gray Shrew (N. crawfordi) Large-eared Gray Shrew (N. evotis) Villa's Gray Shrew (N. villai)

Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae (Tribe: Soricini)

Sorex
(Long-tailed
shrews)

Subgenus Otisorex	Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar) Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus) American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi) Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon) Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri) Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus) Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus) Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae) Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus) Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus) Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis) S. vagrans complex Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus) Baird's Shrew (S. bairdii) Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus) Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus) American Water Shrew (S. palustris) Fog Shrew (S. sonomae) Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans) S. cinereus group Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica) Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus) Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli) Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi) Preble's Shrew (S. preblei) Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis) Olympic Shrew (S. rohweri) Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)

Subgenus Sorex	Dneper Common Shrew (S. averini) Lesser Striped Shrew (S. bedfordiae) Greater Stripe-backed Shrew (S. cylindricauda) Chinese Highland Shrew (S. excelsus) Azumi Shrew (S. hosonoi) Chinese Shrew (S. sinalis) Alaska Tiny Shrew (S. yukonicus) S. alpinus group Alpine Shrew (S. alpinus) Ussuri Shrew (S. mirabilis) S. araneus group Valais Shrew (S. antinorii) Common Shrew (S. araneus) Udine Shrew (S. arunchi) Crowned Shrew (S. coronatus) Siberian Large-toothed Shrew (S. daphaenodon) Iberian Shrew (S. granarius) Caucasian Shrew (S. satunini) S. arcticus group Arctic Shrew (S. arcticus) Maritime Shrew (S. maritimensis) S. tundrensis group Tien Shan Shrew (S. asper) Gansu Shrew (S. cansulus) Tundra Shrew (S. tundrensis) S. minutus group Buchara Shrew (S. buchariensis) Kozlov's Shrew (S. kozlovi) Caucasian Pygmy Shrew (S. volnuchini) S. caecutiens group Laxmann's Shrew (S. caecutiens) Taiga Shrew (S. isodon) Eurasian Least Shrew (S. minutissimus) Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (S. minutus) Flat-skulled Shrew (S. roboratus) Shinto Shrew (S. shinto) Long-clawed Shrew (S. unguiculatus) S. gracillimus group Slender Shrew (S. gracillimus) S. raddei group Radde's Shrew (S. raddei) S. samniticus group Apennine Shrew (S. samniticus)

incertae sedis	Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae) Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus) Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami) Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps) Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei) Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri) San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon) Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus) Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii) Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis) Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)

Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Myosoricinae

Congosorex (Congo shrews)	Phillips's Shrew (C. phillipsorum) Greater Congo Shrew (C. polli) Lesser Congo Shrew (C. verheyeni)

Myosorex (Forest and mouse shrews)	Babault's Mouse Shrew (M. babaulti) Montane Mouse Shrew (M. blarina) Dark-footed Mouse Shrew (M. cafer) Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (M. eisentrauti) Geata Mouse Shrew (M. geata) Nyika Mouse Shrew (M. gnoskei) Kihaule's Mouse Shrew (M. kihaulei) Long-tailed Forest Shrew (M. longicaudatus) Oku Mouse Shrew (M. okuensis) Rumpi Mouse Shrew (M. rumpii) Schaller's Mouse Shrew (M. schalleri) Sclater's Mouse Shrew (M. sclateri) Thin Mouse Shrew (M. tenuis) Forest Shrew (M. varius) Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew (M. zinki)

Surdisorex (African mole shrews)	Aberdare Mole Shrew (S. norae) Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (S. polulus)

Family: Talpidae

Scalopinae
(New World moles
and relatives)

Condylura	Star-nosed Mole (C. cristata)

Parascalops	Hairy-tailed Mole (P. breweri)

Scalopus	Eastern Mole (S. aquaticus)

Scapanulus	Gansu Mole (S. oweni)

Scapanus (Western North American moles)	Broad-footed Mole (S. latimanus) Coast Mole (S. orarius) Townsend's Mole (S. townsendii)

Talpinae
(Old World moles
and relatives)

Euroscaptor	Greater Chinese Mole (E. grandis) Kloss's Mole (E. klossi) Long-nosed Mole (E. longirostris) Himalayan Mole (E. micrura) Japanese Mountain Mole (E. mizura) Small-toothed Mole (E. parvidens)

Mogera	Echigo Mole (M. etigo) Insular Mole (M. insularis) Kano Mole (M. kanoana) Kobe Mole (M. kobeae) Small Japanese Mole (M. imaizumii) Large Mole (M. robusta) Sado Mole (M. tokudae) Japanese Mole (M. wogura) Senkaku Mole (M. uchidai)

Parascaptor	White-tailed Mole (P. leucura)

Scaptochirus	Short-faced Mole (S. moschatus)

Talpa	Altai Mole (T. altaica) Blind Mole (T. caeca) Caucasian Mole (T. caucasica) European Mole (T. europaea) Père David's Mole (T. davidiana) Levant Mole (T. levantis) Spanish Mole (T. occidentalis) Roman Mole (T. romana) Balkan Mole (T. stankovici)

Scaptonyx	Long-tailed Mole (S. fusicaudus)

Desmana	Russian Desman (D. moschata)

Galemys	Pyrenean Desman (G. pyrenaicus)

Dymecodon	True's Shrew Mole (D. pilirostris)

Urotrichus	Japanese Shrew Mole (U. talpoides)

Neurotrichus	American Shrew Mole (N. gibbsii)

Uropsilinae
(Chinese
shrew-like moles)

Uropsilus	Anderson's Shrew Mole (U. andersoni) Gracile Shrew Mole (U. gracilis) Inquisitive Shrew Mole (U. investigator) Chinese Shrew Mole (U. soricipes)

Family: Solenodontidae

Solenodon	Cuban Solenodon (S. cubanus) Hispaniolan Solenodon (S. paradoxus)

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