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Uluguru mountain grasshopper

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(Redirected from Cyphocerastis uluguruensis) Species of grasshopper

Uluguru mountain grasshopper
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Cyphocerastis
Species: C. uluguruensis
Binomial name
Cyphocerastis uluguruensis
(Johnsen, 1987)

The Uluguru mountain grasshopper (Cyphocerastis uluguruensis) is a rare species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. The species is endemic to Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, and is critically endangered due to a decline of its habitat.

References

  1. ^ Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Cyphocerastis uluguruensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19672630A19680935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19672630A19680935.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Cyphocerastis uluguruensis
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