The lesser forest shrew (''Sylvisorex oriundus'') is a species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

in the family SoricidaeWilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005.
"''Sylvisorex oriundus''".
''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press.

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to northeastern

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, where its type locality is at Medje. Its natural habitat is

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...

References

Sylvisorex Mammals described in 1916 Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Northeastern Congolian lowland forests {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub