The Nimba shrew (''Crocidura nimbae'') is a species of

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

in the family Soricidae. It is found in

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Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

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, and

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

Crocidura Mammals of West Africa Guinea–Ivory Coast border Mammals described in 1956 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub