Bioko Forest Shrew

Bioko Forest ShrewThis shrew is known with certainty from the northern peak of Bioko Island. It occurs in montane moist forest and grassland above the treeline; a similar Cameroonian population may be a different species.What does it look like?The 1968 description compared the Bioko population with Sylvisorex morio morio, reporting a smaller body and slightly darker, especially ventral, coloration.How does it live?This shrew is known with certainty from the northern peak of Bioko Island. It occurs in montane moist forest and grassland above the treeline; a similar Cameroonian population may be a different species.The IUCN assessment places it in montane tropical moist forest and grasslands above the treeline.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.