Crocidura attila Dollman 1915

Crocidura attila Dollman 1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 141.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Bitye.

Vernacular Names: Hun Shrew.

Distribution: Gotel Mtns (Nigeria) and Cameroon Mtns to E Dem. Rep. Congo.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable (not justified).

Discussion: Formerly included in buettikoferi, but separated by Hutterer and Joger (1982). Recorded from SE Nigeria by Hutterer et al. (1992 a). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 66) identical to greenwoodi, hirta, and olivieri group (Schlitter et al., 1999).