. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 156 Rainer Hutterer et al.: A tiny new species of Sylvisorex from the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. Fig. 4. Lower Bambili crater showing relict montane forest on the slopes and montane grassland along the shore of the lake. Photograph taken in 2001. (W. Böhme, field notes). The slopes of the lower Bambili crater are covered by a mosaic of montane forest, La- siosiphon and bamboo woods and grassland. The slopes are partly rocky (Fig. 4). The surroundings of the crater
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 156 Rainer Hutterer et al.: A tiny new species of Sylvisorex from the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. Fig. 4. Lower Bambili crater showing relict montane forest on the slopes and montane grassland along the shore of the lake. Photograph taken in 2001. (W. Böhme, field notes). The slopes of the lower Bambili crater are covered by a mosaic of montane forest, La- siosiphon and bamboo woods and grassland. The slopes are partly rocky (Fig. 4). The surroundings of the craters are covered mainly by extensive pastures, Pteridiiim fern growth and open Lasiosiphou woods. It is not known where the owls picked up the shrews but the slope forest and the wet grassland bordering the lake may constitute suitable habitats. Etymology. Derived from silvainis (Latin, meaning for- est god). We dedicate this ciyptic pygmy shrew to the syl- vans, small and invisible forest creatures occurring in the beliefs, mythologies, and fairy tales of Africans, Euro- peans, and many other peoples on earth. As a coinmon name we suggest "Bamenda pygmy shrew". DISCUSSION The forests around Mt. Lefo are still full of mysteries. Dur- ing their field work in 1974, Böhme and Hartvv'ig collect- ed 35 specimens, representing 12 species of shrews and rodents (Table 3). Four of the species were subsequently described as new taxa: Colomys (goslingi) eisentraiiti Di- eterlen, 1983, Lopliiironiys (sikapusi) eisentraiiti Dieteiien, 1979, Hybomys eisentraiiti Van der Straeten & Hutterer, 1986 (tentatively assigned to Hybomys cf badius by MussER & Carletön 2005), and Sylvisorex silvanoriun n. sp. (see Dieterlen 1979, 1983, Van der Straeten & Hutterer 1986). A further species of Sylvisorex still awaits description. Hutterer et al. (1992) proposed full species rank for Lophnromys eisentraiiti, and further but yet unpublished research suggests that Colomys eisentraiiti
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