Congosorex

• Phillips's Congo Shrew Congosorex phillipsorum

  In its original description, this shrew was known from forests of Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. It has a dark brown back and was collected in montane forest.

• Greater Congo Shrew Congosorex polli

  This small shrew was collected at Lubondai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 1955 specimen has short brown fur and a short tail. A 2017 study reported two individuals identified as this species from secondary forest around a lake near Kinshasa during sampling in 2015.

• Lesser Congo Shrew Congosorex verheyeni

  This small shrew lives in forests in the western Congo Basin and is recorded from the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.