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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura nigeriae
| Author: | Dollman, 1915. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 524. | | Common Name: | Nigerian Shrew | | Type Locality: | Nigeria, Asaba, 150 mi. (241 km) up the Niger. | | Distribution: | Rainforest in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Bioko; exact distribution unknown. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly included in poensis; but see Heim de Balsac (1957), Meylan and Vogel (1982), and Hutterer and Happold (1983). The karyotype of nigeria (2n = 50, FN = 76) is identical to that of batesi from Cameroon (Schlitter et al., 1999), and it is possible that both are conspecifics. |
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