Cameroonian forest shrew
| Cameroonian forest shrew | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sylvisorex |
| Species: | S. camerunensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sylvisorex camerunensis | |
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| Cameroonian forest shrew range | |
The Cameroonian forest shrew (Sylvisorex camerunensis) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in the Montane forests of Western Cameroon around Mount Oku and Lake Manengouba, and in Southeastern Nigeria in the Gotel Mountains or Adamawa Plateau.[1]
Type locality: Cameroon, Lake Manengouba, 1800 m elevation.[2]
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. 2004. "Sylvisorex camerunensis". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- ↑ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005. Sylvisorex camerunensis Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press