“…On the basis of several biodiversity surveys of Mount Nimba (Heim de Balsac, 1958; Coe, 1975; Verschuren & Meester, 1977) and surrounding areas in Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire) (Heim de Balsac, 1974), Tai (Côte d'Ivoire) (Churchfield et al ., 2004), and Ziama (Guinea) (Nicolas et al ., 2009), two genera and 11 shrew species are known from the massif: C. nimbae , C. goliath nimbasilvanus , C. obscurior , C. jouvenetae , C. theresae , C. buettikoferi Jentink, 1888, C. grandiceps Hutterer, 1983, C. douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958, C. muricauda Miller, 1900, C. olivieri Lesson, 1827, and Suncus megalura Jentink, 1888. Amongst these species, C. buettikoferi , C. theresae , and C. grandiceps are closely related taxa (Dubey et al ., 2006), although they can be separated by diagnostic morphological characters (Heim de Balsac, 1958).…”