Authority citation: Sanderson, I.T. 1940-01. The Mammals of the North Cameroons Forest Area. Being the Results of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Mamfe Division of the British Cameroons. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 24(7):623-726.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb00342.x
Original name as described: Crocidura occidentalis virgata
Nominal names: virgata Sanderson, 1940 | vulcani Heim de Balsac, 1956
Other common names: Mamfe Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1939.320
Type locality: Tinta (06° 15'N, 09° 31'E), Assumbo, Mamfe Division, Cameroon.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Nigeria (NGA) | Cameroon (CMR)
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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