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SPECIES Myosorex okuensis

Author:Heim de Balsac, 1968.
Citation:Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 19: 20.
Common Name:Oku Mouse Shrew
Type Locality:Cameroon, Bamenda Highlands, Mt. Oku, Lake Oku, 2100 m.
Distribution:Forested mountains of the Bamenda plateau, Cameroon (Lake Manenguba, Mt. Oku, Mt. Lefo).
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Formerly included in eisentrauti (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977), but cranially very distinct.
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