Crocidura grandiceps Hutterer 1983

Crocidura grandiceps Hutterer 1983, Rev. Suisse Zool., 90: 699.

Type Locality: Ghana, Sefwi-Wiawso, Krokosua Hills, N of Asempanaya (Asampaniye).

Vernacular Names: Large-headed Shrew.

Distribution: High forest regions of Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and possibly Cameroon (Hutterer and Schlitter, 1996).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Genetically allied to the turba-poensis complex (Querouil et al., In Press). Karyotype has 2n = 46, FN = 68 (Schlitter et al., 1999).