Crocidura muricauda Miller 1900

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 : 241

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scientific name	Crocidura muricauda Miller 1900
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Crocidura muricauda Miller 1900 , Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 645.

Type Locality: Liberia, Mount Coffee.

Vernacular Names: West African Long-tailed Shrew.

Distribution: West African high forest from Guinea to Ghana.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Often included in dolichura as a subspecies but constantly differs in its hairy tail while dolichura never shows any pilosity of the tail. Genetically not even closely related to dolichura ( Querouil et al., In Press).