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 grandiceps
Hutterer 1983
Crocidura grandiceps
Hutterer 1983
,
Rev.
Suisse
Zool., 90: 699
.
Type Locality:
Ghana
, Sefwi-Wiawso, Krokosua Hills, N of Asempanaya (Asampaniye).
Vernacular Names:
Large-headed Shrew
.
Distribution:
High forest regions of
Guinea
, Côte d’Ivoire,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
, and possibly
Cameroon
(
Hutterer and Schlitter, 1996
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Genetically allied to the
turba-poensis
complex (
Querouil et al., In
Press). Karyotype has 2n = 46, FN = 68 (
Schlitter et al., 1999
).