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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura virgata
Author: | Sanderson, 1940. | Citation: | Trans. zool. Soc. Lond., 24: 682. | Common Name: | Mamfe Shrew | Type Locality: | Cameroon, Mamfe Division, Assumbo, Tinta [06°15'N, 09°31'E]. | Distribution: | Nigeria (Meylan and Vogel, 1982) and highlands of W Cameroon. | Comments: | Previously included in hildegardeae (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977), but has a different karyotype (2n = 52, FN = 86; Schlitter et al., 1999). |
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vulcani Heim de Balsac, 1956
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