Authority citation: Hutterer, R. 2003. Two replacement names and a note on the author of the shrew family Soricidae (Mammalia). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 50(4):369-370.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629827
Original name as described: Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus
Nominal names: guineensis Heim de Balsac, 1968 [preoccupied] | nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003 [nomen novum]
Other common names: Nimba Giant Shrew|West African Giant Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1799
Type locality: "Ziela, Mt Nimba, Guinea."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Guinea (GIN) | Sierra Leone (SLE) | Liberia (LBR) | Cote d'Ivoire
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: split form C. goliath
Citation: Jacquet, F., Hutterer, R., Nicolas, V., Decher, J., Colyn, M., Couloux, A., & Denys, C. (2013). New status for two African giant forest shrews, Crocidura goliath goliath and C. goliath nimbasilvanus (Mammalia: Soricomorpha), based on molecular and geometic morphometric analyses. African Zoology, 48(1), 13-29.
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