A report on the community of shrews (Mammalia : Soricidae) occurring in the Minkebe Forest, northeastern Gabon

This report presents the results of a study of the shrew community in the n ewly created Minkebe Protected Area in northeastern Gabon. The previously u nstudied park forms part of the large Guineo-Congolian Lowland forest block . The principal technique used to capture animals consisted of pitfall trap s with drift fences. Three habitat types (marsh, heterogeneous forest and h omogeneous forest) were surveyed. Four to seven species were recorded in ea ch habitat, resulting in a total of eleven species for the study area. Seve ral rare and Little-known species occur in the park, such as Crocidura cren ata, C. goliath, C. grassei, Suncus remyi, and Sylvisorex ollula, Crocidura maurisca is recorded for the first time from Gabon, far outside its previo usly known range in eastern Africa.