Crocidura virgata Sanderson 1940

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 253

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Crocidura virgata Sanderson 1940 , Trans. zool. Soc. Lond., 24: 682.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Mamfe Division, Assumbo, Tinta [06°15'N, 09°31'E]. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Mamfe Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura vulcani Heim de Balsac 1956 .

Distribution: Nigeria ( Meylan and Vogel, 1982) and highlands of W Cameroon.

Discussion: Previously included in hildegardeae (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977), but has a different karyotype (2n = 52, FN = 86; Schlitter et al., 1999).