Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Eulipotyphla | Soricidae |
Scientific Name: | Sylvisorex morio (Gray, 1862) | |||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Date Assessed: | 2016-07-14 |
Assessor(s): | Kennerley, R. |
Reviewer(s): | Amori, G. |
Contributor(s): | Hutterer, R. |
Justification: Sylvicorex morio is endemic to Cameroon. The species is assessed as Endangered, because it is known from only a single location (Mount Cameroon), with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 483 km², and there is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat. |
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Range Description: | This species is endemic to Mount Cameroon. It is found from 1,200 m asl upwards. | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: Cameroon | ||||
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Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population: | This is a relatively common, but not abundant, species. | ||
Current Population Trend: | ![]() | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This species is found in montane tropical moist forest. |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: | Yes |
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Major Threat(s): | This species has a relatively restricted range. It is threatened by habitat loss, presumably through conversion of land to agricultural use and some logging operations. |
Conservation Actions: | There are no direct conservation measures in place for this species. It is not known if the species is present within any protected areas. There is a need to maintain areas of suitable forest within the range of this species. |
Errata reason: | This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously. |
Citation: | Kennerley, R. 2016. Sylvisorex morio (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21221A115161075. . Downloaded on 27 April 2018. |
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