Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Über die von dem verstorbenen Professor Dr. Reinhold Buchbolz in Westafrika gesammelten Säugethiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:469-485.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852
Original name as described: Crocidura (Croc.) dolichura
Nominal names: dolichura W. C. H. Peters, 1876
Other common names: Long-tailed Musk Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 5037
Type locality: Bonjongo, Cameroon.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Nigeria (NGA) | Cameroon (CMR) | Central African Republic (CAF) | Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) | Gabon (GAB) | Republic of the Congo (COG) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Rwanda (RWA) | Burundi (BDI)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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