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Cameroonian Forest Shrew
Sylvisorex camerunensis Heim de Balsac, 1968
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Cameroonian forest shrew (Sylvisorex camerunensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the Montane forests of Western Cameroon around Mount Oku and Lake Manengouba, and in Southeastern Nigeria in the Gotel Mountains or Adamawa Plateau.
The Type locality of the species is Lake Manengouba in Cameroon at 1,800 m (5,900 ft) elevation.
Wikipedia contributors, Cameroonian forest shrew; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:43:19.411655+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sylvisorex camerunensis Heim de Balsac, 1968
- Name authority
- Heim de Balsac, 1968
- Common name
- Cameroonian Forest Shrew
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Sylvisorex
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
- familySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814
- subfamilyCrocidurinae A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
- genusSylvisorex Thomas, 1904
- speciesSylvisorex camerunensis Heim de Balsac, 1968
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sylvisorex. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Grant's Forest ShrewSylvisorex granti Thomas, 1907 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Howell's Forest ShrewSylvisorex howelli Jenkins, 1984 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bioko Forest ShrewSylvisorex isabellae Heim de Balsac, 1968 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Johnston's Forest ShrewSylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson, 1888) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kongana Forest ShrewSylvisorex konganensis Ray & Hutterer, 1996 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest MuskshrewSylvisorex ollula Thomas, 1913 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Forest ShrewSylvisorex oriundus Hollister, 1916 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Volcano Forest ShrewSylvisorex vulcanorum Hutterer & Verheyen, 1985 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bamenda Forest ShrewSylvisorex silvanorum Hutterer, Riegert & Sedlacek, 2009 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crescent ShrewSylvisorex lunaris Thomas, 1906 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rain Forest ShrewSylvisorex pluvialis Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709816 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:53NBL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.