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Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size
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- 1. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, CP51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. & Naturalia Environnement, 60 rue Jean Dausset, 84000 Avignon, France.
- 2. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, CP51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
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Voet, Inessa, Delapré, Arnaud, Denys, Christiane, Lalis, Aude, Cornette, Raphaël, Nicolas, Violaine (2026): Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039: 297-322, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3197, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3197/14195
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