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Congosorex verheyeni Hutterer, Barriere and Colyn 2002

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Congosorex verheyeni Hutterer, Barriere and Colyn 2002

Congosorex verheyeni Hutterer, Barriere and Colyn 2002, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Biol., 72, Suppl.: 10.

Type Locality: Republic of Congo, Parc National d'Odzala, Mbomo, 00°24'N, 14°44'E.

Vernacular Names: Lesser Congo Shrew.

Distribution: Known from three sites in the lowland forest of the Western Congo Basin (Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and Dem. Rep. Congo).

Discussion: A 16s rRNA sequence analyzed by Querouil et al. (2001) as Congosorex sp. refers to this species.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 264, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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References

  • Hutterer, R., P. Barriere, and M. Colyn. 2002. A new myosoricine shrew from the Congo Basin referable to the forgotten genus Congosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 71 - Suppl.: 7 - 16 [2001].