Crocidura foxi Dollman 1915

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Crocidura foxi Dollman 1915

Crocidura foxi Dollman 1915 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 514.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Panyam.

Vernacular Names: Fox's Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura tephra Setzer 1956 .

Distribution: Jos Plateau, Nigeria, and Sudan savanna zone of West Africa from Senegal to S Sudan.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable (not justified).

Discussion: A member of the poensis group; may be conspecific with theresae , which it antedates; see Hutterer and Happold (1983). A series from Owerri, S Nigeria, referred to foxi by these authors, was later, upon re-examination, identified as a dark form of lamottei . The holotype of tephra Setzer, 1956 has been recently examined and is regarded as representing foxi in S Sudan; a previous allocation to viaria (Hutterer, 1984) was based upon examination of a paratype skin; however, the holotype represents a different species.