Scutisorex

• Armored Hero Shrew Scutisorex somereni

  The hero shrew is a large gray shrew with thick fur and an unusually strong lower spine. It lives in central African forest and eats small animals.

• Thor's Hero Shrew Scutisorex thori

  This shrew is documented from part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specimen described in the paper had brown-tipped gray fur on its back and a pale gray underside. It was collected in seasonally flooded lowland forest.