Crocidura buettikoferi Jentink 1888

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 : 227

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scientific name	Crocidura buettikoferi Jentink 1888
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Crocidura buettikoferi Jentink 1888 , Notes Leyden Mus., 10: 47.

Type Locality: Robertsport, Liberia.

Vernacular Names: Buettikofer's Shrew.

Distribution: West African high forest; S Guinea ( Heim de Balsac, 1958) to Liberia, Ghana ( Decher et al., 1997), and Nigeria ( Hutterer and Happold, 1983).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included attila ; see Hutterer and Joger (1982). Grubb et al. (1998) discussed a number of possible records from Ghana and Sierra Leone that require confirmation.