Sylvisorex isabellae Heim de Balsac 1968

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 : 262

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scientific name	Sylvisorex isabellae Heim de Balsac 1968
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Sylvisorex isabellae Heim de Balsac 1968 , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., Vol. 19: 31.

Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko ( Fernando Po), Pic Santa Isabel, Refugium, 2000 m.

Vernacular Names: Bioko Forest Shrew.

Distribution: Bioko; a similar form of unsolved taxonomic status occurs in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Included in morio by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977), but represents a distinctly smaller species. Karyotype (2n = 36, FN = 50) of the Bamenda population described by Schlitter et al. (1999).