Eulipotyphla
Creators: name: Denys, Christiane
name: Jacquet, François
name: Kadjo, Blaise
name: Missoup, Alain Didier
name: Aniskine, Vladimir
name: Goüy de Bellocq, Joelle
name: Soropogui, Barré
name: Douno, Mory
name: Sylla, Morlaye
name: Nicolas, Violaine
name: Lalis, Aude
name: Monadjem, Ara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Eulipotyphla

description: IDENTIFICATION KEY FOR SHREW SPECIES PRESENT AT MOUNT NIMBA
(abbreviations see Material and methods)
1. Tail skin naked and ringed; four pairs of maxillary unicuspids ............................. S. megalura (Jentink, 1888)
— Tail skin hairy or non ringed, three pairs of maxillary unicuspids ................................................................ 2
2. Ratio TL/HB> 1 ............................................................................................... C. muricauda (Miller, 1900)
— Ratio TL/HB <1 ........................................................................................................................................ 3
3. HB <70 mm .............................................................................................................................................. 4
— HB> 110 mm ............................................................................................................................................ 5
— HB between 70 and 110 mm ...................................................................................................................... 6
4. Ratio TL/HB <0.8 ...................................................................... C. obscurior / eburnea Heim de Balsac, 1958
— Ratio TL/HB between 0.8 and 1 ................................................................. C. douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958
5. HB> 130 mm ............................................................................................ C. nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003
— HB between 110-130 mm, brownish, black hairs ................................................... C. olivieri (Lesson, 1827)
6. HF> 17 mm ...................................................................................................... C. grandiceps Hutterer, 1983
— HF <17 mm ................................................................................................................................................ 7
7. Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae> 50%.; fur color brown ................................................................... 8
— Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae <50%; fur color black ............................ C. buettikoferi Jentink, 1888
8. End of tail with visible skin, spare hairs ...................................................... C. theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968
— Hair covering at end of tail .......................................................................................................................... 9
9. HF> 14 mm ................................................................................................ C. nimbae Heim de Balsac, 1956
— HF <14 mm ........................................................................................... C. jouvenetae Heim de Balsac, 1958
description: Published as part of Denys, Christiane, Jacquet, François, Kadjo, Blaise, Missoup, Alain Didier, Aniskine, Vladimir, Goüy de Bellocq, Joelle, Soropogui, Barré, Douno, Mory, Sylla, Morlaye, Nicolas, Violaine, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2021, Shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), with a field identification key to species, pp. 729-757 in Zoosystema 43 (30) on page 741, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a30, http://zenodo.org/record/5747444