Crocidura yankariensis Hutterer and Jenkins 1980

Crocidura yankariensis Hutterer and Jenkins 1980, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 39: 305.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Bauchi State, 16 km E of Yankari Game Reserve boundary, Futuk [9°50'N, 10°55'E].

Vernacular Names: Yankari Shrew.

Distribution: Sudan savanna zone in Cameroon, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Previously confused with somalica; see Hutterer and Jenkins (1983). Karyotype (2n = 68, FN = 122) described by Schlitter et al. (1999).