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            <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>
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