West African pygmy shrew
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Crocidura obscurior

The West African pygmy shrew or obscure white-toothed shrew (Crocidura obscurior ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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The Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew (C. eburnea ), which is sympatric with C. obscurior in Ivory Coast, Liberia & Guinea, and closely resembles it aside from having a longer skull, was considered conspecific with C. obscurior until a 2014 study delineated both as being genetically distinct sister species to one another.

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West African pygmy shrew habitat map

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West African pygmy shrew

References

1. West African pygmy shrew Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_pygmy_shrew
2. West African pygmy shrew on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111754705/123795806

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