Crocidura cf. foxi Dollman, 1915

Decher, Jan, Norris, Ryan W., Abedi-Lartey, Michael, Oppong, James, Hutterer, Rainer, Weinbrenner, Martin, Koch, Martin, Podsiadlowski, Lars & Kilpatrick, C. William, 2021, A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation, Zoosystema 43 (14), pp. 253-281 : 261

Crocidura cf. foxi Dollman, 1915

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Crocidura foxi Dollman, 1915: 514 .

COMMON NAME. — Fox’s White-toothed Shrew.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Apesokubi • 1 ♀; 26.XI.1999; ZFMK 1999.1145 • 1?; Sherman traps; 27.XI.1999; ZFMK 1999.1146 .

REMARK

Known initially just from Nigeria C. foxi is now known to occur in the Guinea savanna zone and secondary bushland from Senegal to Sudan ( Duplantier & Granjon 2013). Our captures are the first from the Volta Region of Ghana, listed as Crocidura cf. foxi , as the identification has not yet been confirmed by molecular genetics. An earlier capture from KRNP, reported by Hurst et al. (1995) as C. foxii [sic], was later re-identified as C. fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865) (Hutterer 1983; Grubb et al. 1998).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Crocidura foxi is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Fox’s White-toothed Shrew Crocidura cf. foxi Dollman, 1915 from Apesokubi. Photo: M. Weinbrenner 1999.