Sylvisorex morio
(J. E. Gray, 1862)
Mount Cameroon 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1862-09. List of Mammalia from the Camaroon Mountains, collected by Capt. Burton, H.M. Consul, Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862(2):180-181.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212Original name as described
Crocidura morio
Other common names
Arrogant Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.6, BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.7
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13ce2259-16b9-40e4-8aef-e74f90563ca2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85b9e95f-52be-411d-a989-f832b52bba3aType locality
"Camaroon [= Cameroon] Mountains, 7000 feet [= 2134 m] above the level of the sea," Cameroon.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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