Crocidura olivieri (Lesson, 1827)

Sorex olivieri Lesson, 1827: 121 .

COMMON NAME. — African Giant White-toothed Shrew, Olivier’s Shrew.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Apesokubi • 1 ♀; Sherman trap in forest; ZFMK 2003.1089. Liati Wote (Tagbo Falls) • 1?; Sherman trap between 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 Dahomey Gap specimens from Togo and Benin.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Crocidura olivieri is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List.