Sorex olivieri Lesson, 1827: 121
A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation
Decher, Jan
Norris, Ryan W.
Abedi-Lartey, Michael
Oppong, James
Hutterer, Rainer
Weinbrenner, Martin
Koch, Martin
Podsiadlowski, Lars
Kilpatrick, C. William
Zoosystema
2021
2021-05-20
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ZK6R
(Lesson, 1827)
Lesson
1827
[952,1315,1267,1294]
Mammalia
Soricidae
Crocidura
Animalia
Soricomorpha
9
260
Chordata
species
olivieri
Sorex olivieri Lesson, 1827: 121.
COMMON NAME. — African Giant White-toothed Shrew, Olivier’s Shrew.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Apesokubi• 1 ♀; Sherman trapin forest; ZFMK 2003.1089. Liati Wote( Tagbo Falls)• 1?; Sherman trapbetween buttress roots in forest; ZFMK 2003.1090.
REMARK This species was previously known from several localities in the Volta Region ( Grubb et al.1998). In their Kyabobo expedition report Hurst et al.(1995)mention several individuals of this large shrew (as C. flavescens) from KRNP, but we did not encounter it there. Our specimen from Liati Wote (ZFMK 2003.1090) was included in a recent phylogeographic study of C. olivieri( Jacquet et al.2015)and grouped with their Clade IIB with DahomeyGap specimens from Togoand Benin.
CONSERVATION STATUS. — Crocidura olivieriis listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.
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ZFMK
Liati Wote
Tagbo Falls
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260
ZFMK 2003.1089
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260
ZFMK 2003.1090
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