Shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), with a field identification key to species Author Denys, Christiane Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles UMR 7205, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) christiane.denys@mnhn.fr Author Jacquet, François Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles UMR 7205, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) Author Kadjo, Blaise Laboratoire de Zoologie et Biologie - UFR Biosciences- Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Côte d’Ivoire) blaisekadjo1@hotmail.com Author Missoup, Alain Didier Zoology Unit, Laboratory of Biology and Physiology of Animal Organisms, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, POBox 24157 Douala (Cameroon) admissoup@ymail.com Author Aniskine, Vladimir Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr 33, 117071 Moscow (Russia) anivlad @ gmail. com Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Research Facility Studenec, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno (Czech Republic) anivlad@gmail.com Author Goüy de Bellocq, Joelle Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Research Facility Studenec, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno (Czech Republic) joellegouy@gmail.com Author Soropogui, Barré Projet de Recherche sur les Fièvres Hemorragiques en Guinée, C. H. U. Donka, 5680 Conakry (Guinea) barresoropogui@gmail.com Author Douno, Mory Centre de Gestion de l’Environnement des monts Nimba et Simandou (CEGENS), ministère de l’Environnement des Eaux et Forêts (Guinea) morydouno2001@gmail.com Author Sylla, Morlaye Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur les Petits Animaux, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2580 Conakry (Guinea) vnicolas@mnhn.fr Author Nicolas, Violaine Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, UMR 7205, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) vnicolas@mnhn.fr Author Lalis, Aude Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, UMR 7205, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) aude.lalis@mnhn.fr Author Monadjem, Ara Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Eswatini & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria (South Africa) aramonadjem@gmail.com text Zoosystema 2021 2021-11-30 43 30 729 757 journal article 3183 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a30 bd0c7405-831c-4f9e-b85d-bfb634cf11b1 1638-9387 5747444 E5A0B76E-621D-4094-BBB7-2A646795FFFC IDENTIFICATION KEY FOR SHREW SPECIES PRESENT AT MOUNT NIMBA (abbreviations see Material and methods) 1. Tail skin naked and ringed; four pairs of maxillary unicuspids ............................. S. megalura (Jentink, 1888) — Tail skin hairy or non ringed, three pairs of maxillary unicuspids ................................................................ 2 2. Ratio TL/HB> 1 ............................................................................................... C. muricauda (Miller, 1900) — Ratio TL/HB <1 ........................................................................................................................................ 3 3. HB < 70 mm .............................................................................................................................................. 4 — HB> 110 mm ............................................................................................................................................ 5 — HB between 70 and 110 mm ...................................................................................................................... 6 4. Ratio TL/HB <0.8 ...................................................................... C. obscurior / eburnea Heim de Balsac, 1958 — Ratio TL/HB between 0.8 and 1 ................................................................. C. douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958 5. HB> 130 mm ............................................................................................ C. nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003 — HB between 110-130 mm , brownish, black hairs ................................................... C. olivieri (Lesson, 1827) 6. HF> 17 mm ...................................................................................................... C. grandiceps Hutterer, 1983 — HF < 17 mm ................................................................................................................................................ 7 7. Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae> 50%.; fur color brown ................................................................... 8 — Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae <50%; fur color black ............................ C. buettikoferi Jentink, 1888 8. End of tail with visible skin, spare hairs ...................................................... C. theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968 — Hair covering at end of tail .......................................................................................................................... 9 9. HF> 14 mm ................................................................................................ C. nimbae Heim de Balsac, 1956 — HF < 14 mm ........................................................................................... C. jouvenetae Heim de Balsac, 1958