Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Crocidura muricauda Miller 1900 Crocidura muricauda Miller 1900 , Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 645 . Type Locality: Liberia , Mount Coffee. Vernacular Names: West African Long-tailed Shrew . Distribution: West African high forest from Guinea to Ghana . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Often included in dolichura as a subspecies but constantly differs in its hairy tail while dolichura never shows any pilosity of the tail. Genetically not even closely related to dolichura ( Querouil et al., In Press).