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SPECIES Suncus megalura
| Author: | Jentink, 1888. | | Citation: | Notes Leyden Mus., 10: 48. | | Common Name: | Climbing Shrew | | Type Locality: | Liberia, Junk River, Schieffelinsville. | | Distribution: | Tropical forest and Guinea savanna zone of Africa from Upper Guinea to Ethiopia and south to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Sylvisorex megalura. | | Comments: | Until recently placed in genus Sylvisorex, but genetic data (Querouil et al., 2001) show that S. megalura is the sister species of the Indian S. dayi. Karyotype (2n = 48, FN = 96) described by Meylan (1975). A common African species of forest edges and forested savannas; range mapped by Hutterer et al. (1987b). Gureev (1979:381) listed sorella as a distinct species without comment. Some geographic variation exists, the Central African forest populations being smallest and darkest. For synonyms see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977:7-8). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
angolensis (Roberts, 1929)
gemmeus (Heller, 1910)
infuscus (Thomas, 1915)
irene (Thomas, 1915)
phaeopus (Osgood, 1936)
sheppardi (Kershaw, 1921)
sorella (Thomas, 1898)
sorelloides (Lönnberg, 1912)
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