Sylvisorex akaibei
I. Mukinzi, Hutterer, & Barrière, 2009
Akaibe's Forest Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Sylvisorex |
Species status
Authority citation
Mukinzi, I., Hutterer, R. and Barrière, P. 2009-01-01. A new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mammalia 73(2):130-134.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2009.031Original name as described
Sylvisorex akaibei
Other common names
Dudu Akaibe's Pygmy Shrew
Type material
RMCA 2001.097-M-0532
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Masako Forest Reserve (00°36.304'N 25°15.389'E, 388 m), Kisangani area, Tshopo district, northwestern DR Congo."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Mukinzi, I., Hutterer, R., & Barriere, P. (2009). A new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mammalia, 73(2), 130-134.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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