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Obscure White Toothed Shrew

Crocidura obscurior Heim de Balsac 1958

West African pygmy shrew

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The West African pygmy shrew or obscure white-toothed shrew (Crocidura obscurior) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]

The Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew (C. eburnea), which is sympatric with C. obscurior in Ivory Coast, Liberia & Guinea, and closely resembles it aside from having a longer skull, was considered conspecific with C. obscurior until a 2014 study delineated both as being genetically distinct sister species to one another.[3]

References

  1. ^ Nicolas, V.; Dando, T.; Kennerley, R. (2018) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Crocidura obscurior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T111754705A123795806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T111754705A111754743.en. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. ^ Jacquet, François; Nicolas, Violaine; Colyn, Marc; Kadjo, Blaise; Hutterer, Rainer; Decher, Jan; Akpatou, Bertin; Cruaud, Corinne; Denys, Christiane (2014). "Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior complex, Soricomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (2): 131–148. doi:10.1111/zsc.12039.
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West African pygmy shrew: Brief Summary

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The West African pygmy shrew or obscure white-toothed shrew (Crocidura obscurior) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew (C. eburnea), which is sympatric with C. obscurior in Ivory Coast, Liberia & Guinea, and closely resembles it aside from having a longer skull, was considered conspecific with C. obscurior until a 2014 study delineated both as being genetically distinct sister species to one another.

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