Crocidura nimbae Heim de Balsac 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 : 243

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scientific name	Crocidura nimbae Heim de Balsac 1956
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Crocidura nimbae Heim de Balsac 1956 , Mammalia, 20: 131.

Type Locality: Guinea, Mt. Nimba, baraque de Zouguépo.

Vernacular Names: Nimba Shrew.

Distribution: Submontane and primary lowland forest in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire; in the Tai National Park (Côte d’Ivoire) it occurs only in undisturbed primary forest ( Churchfield et al., 2004).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A very distinct species; not conspecific with wimmeri as previously suggested (see Hutterer, 1983 a).