Rain forest shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| name = Rain forest shrew

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Sylvisorex

| species = pluvialis

| authority = Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996

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| range_map = Rain Forest Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Rain forest shrew range

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The rain forest shrew (Sylvisorex pluvialis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is known only from its type locality, and from Kongana, Central African Republic.{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=Sylvisorex pluvialis |page=e.T45049A115202001 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45049A22291176.en}}

The Type locality of the species is the Ikenge Research Station in Cameroon at {{cvt|160|m}} elevation.{{MSW3 |id=13700302}}