Sylvisorex silvanorum

Hutterer, Riegert, & Sedláček, 2009

Bamenda 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., Riegert, J. and Sedláček, O. 2009. A tiny new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3):151-157.

Original name as described

Sylvisorex silvanorum

Other common names

Bamenda Pygmy Shrew

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1974.430

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"near Lake Bambili, Mt. Lefo, Bafut Ngemba F. R. (5° 55' N, 10° 14' E), 1800–1900 m a.s.l., Bamenda Highlands, North West Province, Cameroon."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Hutterer, R., Riegert, J., & Sedlácek, O. (2009). A tiny new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 56(3), 151-157.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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