Sylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson 1887)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 262

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341579

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scientific name

Sylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson 1887)
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Sylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson 1887) View in CoL

[Sylvisorex] johnstoni (Dobson 1887) View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887: 577.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Rio del Rey.

Vernacular Names: Johnston's Forest Shrew.

Synonyms: Sylvisorex dieterleni Hutterer 1986 .

Distribution: Lowland forest of the Dem. Rep. Congo Basin, SW Cameroon, Gabon, Bioko, Republic of Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, NW Tanzania, Burundi.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Species reviewed by Hutterer (1986 b); recently found in the Republic of Congo ( Dowsett and Granjon, 1991) and Burundi (Kerbis, pers. comm.). A peculiar karyotype (2n = 30, FN = 38; Schlitter et al., 1999) and 16s rRNA sequence data (Querouil et al., 2001) set this species apart from other species of the genus. Querouil et al. (2003) studied the phylogeography of the species across the Congo Basin. They found great genetic distances between populations in S Gabon and W Congo, and suggested that cryptic species may be involved.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Sylvisorex

Loc

Sylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson 1887)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sylvisorex] johnstoni (Dobson 1887)

Dobson 1887: 577
1887
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