A new species of shrew, Sylvisorex corbeti n. sp., is described from SE Nigeria. The only specimen known was previously assigned to Sylvisorex ollula, but is considerably larger, has a longer tail, elongated hindfeet and a very large skull and thus represents the largest species of the genus. From the Obudu Mountains in SE Nigeria a new speci- men is recorded which agrees well with typical S. ollula from lowland forest of southern Cameroon, and which repre- sents the first species record from Nigeria
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Hutterer, R., & Montermann, C. (2009). A large new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Nigeria and the first record of Sylvisorex ollula from the country. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 56(3), 201–208. Retrieved from http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/Band_56_3/BZB_56_2009_Hutterer_Montermann.pdf
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