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- <p><b>428.</b></p><p><b>Greater Congo Shrew</b></p><p><b><i>Congosorex polli</i></b></p><p><b><b>French:</b> Musaraigne de Poll / <b>German:</b> GroRe Kongo-Spitzmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Musarana del Congo mayor</b></p><p><b><b>Other common names:</b> Poll’s Shrew</b></p><p><b>Taxonomy.</b> Myosorex polli Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956,</p><p>LLubondai via Tshimbulu (06° 30° S, 22° 39’ E), Kasai Province (= Kasi-Central Province), DR Congo.</p><p>Congosorex seems to be imbedded within Mpyosorex, indicating that a revision of the entire subfamily Myosoricinae is needed. Monotypic.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> Known only from Kasai-Central Province, SC DR Congo.</p><p><b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 60 mm,tail</p><p>24 mm, ear 6-5 mm, hindfoot 10 mm (one specimen). No specific data are available for body weight. The Greater Congo Shrew is a small shrew with a large head, reduced ears, and minute eyes hidden by the pelage. Dorsal and ventral pelage are brown and hair is short. Feet are short with moderately well-developed digits and claws, and have large, conspicuous scales covering the dorsal surface. Tail is relatively short (c.40% of head-body length), covered in short hairs, and slightly bicolored, brown above, lighter below. Skull has a short rostrum and wide, inflated braincase; the interorbital area is wide and the maxillary is narrow. Males have a pointed phallus. There are three unicuspids.</p><p><b>Habitat.</b> Probably found in gallery forest in the savanna.</p><p><b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Breeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Activity patterns.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Greater Congo Shrew is known from only a single specimen collected in 1955. Further research is needed on distribution, abundance, general ecology, and threats to this species.</p><p><b>Bibliography.</b> Gerrie & Kennerley (2016w), Heim de Balsac & Lamotte (1956), Hutterer (2013a), Hutterer et al. (2001), Stanley, Rogers & Hutterer (2005b), Willows-Munro & Matthee (2009).</p>