The rain forest shrew (''Sylvisorex pluvialis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, disco ...

. It is known only from its type locality, and from Kongana,

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

. The

Type locality Type locality may refer to: * Type locality (biology) * Type locality (geology) See also * Local (disambiguation) * Locality (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

of the species is the Ikenge Research Station in Cameroon at elevation.Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). 2005.
''Sylvisorex pluvialis''
''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins U. Pr.

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Sylvisorex Mammals of Cameroon Endemic fauna of Cameroon Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1996 {{Whitetoothed-shrew-stub