identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038AF50AFFFFFF8DFE57FF33FAD9FC65.text	038AF50AFFFFFF8DFE57FF33FAD9FC65.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eulipotyphla	<div><p>IDENTIFICATION KEY FOR SHREW SPECIES PRESENT AT MOUNT NIMBA</p> <p>(abbreviations see Material and methods)</p> <p>1. Tail skin naked and ringed; four pairs of maxillary unicuspids............................. S. megalura (Jentink, 1888)</p> <p>— Tail skin hairy or non ringed, three pairs of maxillary unicuspids................................................................ 2</p> <p>2. Ratio TL/HB&gt; 1............................................................................................... C. muricauda (Miller, 1900)</p> <p>— Ratio TL/HB &lt;1........................................................................................................................................ 3</p> <p>3. HB &lt;70 mm.............................................................................................................................................. 4</p> <p>— HB&gt; 110 mm............................................................................................................................................ 5</p> <p>— HB between 70 and 110 mm...................................................................................................................... 6</p> <p>4. Ratio TL/HB &lt;0.8...................................................................... C. obscurior / eburnea Heim de Balsac, 1958</p> <p>— Ratio TL/HB between 0.8 and 1................................................................. C. douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958</p> <p>5. HB&gt; 130 mm............................................................................................ C. nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003</p> <p>— HB between 110-130 mm, brownish, black hairs................................................... C. olivieri (Lesson, 1827)</p> <p>6. HF&gt; 17 mm...................................................................................................... C. grandiceps Hutterer, 1983</p> <p>— HF &lt;17 mm................................................................................................................................................ 7</p> <p>7. Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae&gt; 50%.; fur color brown................................................................... 8</p> <p>— Proportion of tail covered by vibrissae &lt;50%; fur color black............................ C. buettikoferi Jentink, 1888</p> <p>8. End of tail with visible skin, spare hairs...................................................... C. theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968</p> <p>— Hair covering at end of tail.......................................................................................................................... 9</p> <p>9. HF&gt; 14 mm................................................................................................ C. nimbae Heim de Balsac, 1956</p> <p>— HF &lt;14 mm........................................................................................... C. jouvenetae Heim de Balsac, 1958</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038AF50AFFFFFF8DFE57FF33FAD9FC65	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Denys, Christiane;Jacquet, François;Kadjo, Blaise;Missoup, Alain Didier;Aniskine, Vladimir;Goüy de Bellocq, Joelle;Soropogui, Barré;Douno, Mory;Sylla, Morlaye;Nicolas, Violaine;Lalis, Aude;Monadjem, Ara	Denys, Christiane, Jacquet, François, Kadjo, Blaise, Missoup, Alain Didier, Aniskine, Vladimir, Goüy de Bellocq, Joelle, Soropogui, Barré, Douno, Mory, Sylla, Morlaye, Nicolas, Violaine, Lalis, Aude, Monadjem, Ara (2021): Shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), with a field identification key to species. Zoosystema 43 (30): 729-757, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a30
