Feroculus
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Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Soricomorpha Family: Soricidae Genus: Feroculus Species: F. feroculus
Binomial name
Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart, 1850)

The Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (Feroculus feroculus) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Feroculus. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The species in named for zoologist Edward Frederick Kelaart.

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