Myosorex babaulti Heim de Balsac and Lamotte 1956

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 264

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scientific name	Myosorex babaulti Heim de Balsac and Lamotte 1956
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Myosorex babaulti Heim de Balsac and Lamotte 1956 , Mammalia, 20: 150.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Kivu.

Vernacular Names: Babault's Mouse Shrew.

Distribution: Mountains west and east of Lake Kivu, including Idjwi Isl (Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included in blarina ; but see Dieterlen and Heim de Balsac (1979). The species does not co-occur with blarina in the Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Uganda, as suggested by Kasangaki et al. (2003) (Kerbis Peterhans, pers. comm., 2004).