Table 1. Pairwise comparisons (distribution of pairwise statistics) of shape of the skull in dorsal view, the skull in ventral view and the mandible. Significance is marked by asterisks and d is the mean distance between species. Bold pairs are species with at least two significant differences. Skull dorsalSkull ventralMandibledZPr(>d)dZPr(>d)dZPr(> d)C. buettikoferi – C. cf. grandiceps0.0142.2740.015*0.0182.8930.003*0.0191.5100.062C. buettikoferi – C grandiceps0.0224.6050.001*0.0214.1990.001*0.0222.5480.005*C. buettikoferi – C cf. longipes0.0224.2540.001*0.0253.8410.001*0.0210.9860.146C. buettikoferi – C. theresae0.0153.6180.001*0.0122.8460.001*0.0182.3830.009*C. cf. grandiceps – C. grandiceps0.0294.5600.001*0.0304.0060.001*0.0252.1060.022C. cf. grandiceps – C. cf. longipes0.0171.8070.034*0.0151.4570.0740.0210.4880.314C. cf. grandiceps – C. theresae0.0111.0060.1460.0110.9160.1790.0201.4190.073C. grandiceps – C. cf. longipes0.0314.9450.001*0.0334.0910.001*0.0220.9140.170C. grandiceps – C. theresae0.0305.3290.001*0.0284.7600.001*0.0324.0280.001*C. cf. longipes – C. theresae0.0203.1630.002*0.0193.0830.002*0.0231.2580.098

Published as part of Voet, Inessa, Delapré, Arnaud, Denys, Christiane, Lalis, Aude, Cornette, Raphaël & Nicolas, Violaine, 2026, Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size, pp. 307 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1039 on page 307, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3197, http://zenodo.org/record/18876099