Crocidura ultima, Dollman, 1915
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Crocidura ultima |
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Ulumate White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Nyeri / German: Jombeni-WeilRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana maxima
Other common names: Ultimate Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura ultima Dollman, 1915 View in CoL ,
Jombeni Range , Nyeri District, Kenya.
Has been included within C. monax , but it is generally recognized as a distinct species. Further phylogenetic studies are needed to determine the relationship of this species to other Crocidura . Monotypic.
Distribution. Jombeni Range near Nyeri in WC Kenya; potentially found in the Aberdare Range as well, although this has yet to
be confirmed. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 90 mm, tail 62 mm, ear 13 mm, hindfoot 16 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Ultimate White-toothed Shrew is a large shrew with dorsal pelage reddish brown mottled with gray, while the ventral pelage is grayer. Feet are pale buffy brown dorsally, with the claws on the hindfeet being slightly longer than those of the forefeet. Tail is relatively long (c¢.70% of head—body length), unicolored yellowish brown, and covered with very short brownish hairs and interspersed bristle hairs. Skull is broad; rostrum is blunt; teeth are small; M? is broad; M, has an entoconid on the talonid. There are three unicuspids: the second is smaller than, and overlapped by, the third.
Habitat. Recorded from montane tropical moist forest at an altitude of c.1424 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. Ultimate White-toothed Shrews are terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Ulumate White-toothed Shrew is known only from the holotype collected over 100 years ago. It may be threatened by deforestation.
Bibliography. Churchfield & Jenkins (2013)), Dippenaar (1980a), Gerrie & Kennerley (20160).
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