Sylvisorex corbeti
Hutterer & Montermann, 2009
Corbet's Forest Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Sylvisorex |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Hutterer, R. and Montermann, C. 2009. A large new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Nigeria and the first record of _Sylvisorex ollula_ from the country. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3):201-208.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44801932Original name as described
Sylvisorex corbeti
Other common names
Corbet's Pygmy Shrew
Type material
ZFMK:Mamm:1988.91
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
forest swamp near Chappa Waddi, (07° 01' N, 11° 41' E), 1900 m a.s.l., Gotel Mountains, south-eastern Nigeria.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria · Cameroon?
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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