Greater forest shrew

Greater forest shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species: S. ollula
Binomial name
Sylvisorex ollula
Thomas, 1913
Greater forest shrew range

The greater forest shrew (Sylvisorex ollula) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

References

  1. Hutterer, R. 2004. Sylvisorex ollula 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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