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 Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

around Mount Oku and Lake Manengouba, and in Southeastern

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in the Gotel Mountains or

Adamawa Plateau The Adamawa Plateau (french: Massif de l'Adamaoua) is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the pl ...

. The Type locality of the species is Lake Manengouba in Cameroon at elevation.Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005.
''Sylvisorex camerunensis''
''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press

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Sylvisorex Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1968 Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub