The West African pygmy shrew or obscure white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura obscurior'') 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 Soricidae. It is found in

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, Ghana,

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The

Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew The Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura eburnea'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is native to the Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Guinea. Taxonomy Initially described in 1958 by Henri Heim de Balsac as a subspecies of ...

(''C. eburnea''), which is sympatric with ''C. obscurior'' in Ivory Coast, Liberia & Guinea, and closely resembles it aside from having a longer skull, was considered conspecific with ''C. obscurior'' until a 2014 study delineated both as being genetically distinct sister species to one another.

References

* Crocidura Mammals described in 1958 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac