Suncus dayi Dobson 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 258

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Suncus dayi Dobson 1888 View in CoL

Suncus dayi Dobson 1888 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 1: 428.

Type Locality: India, Cochin, Trichur.

Vernacular Names: Day's Shrew.

Distribution: Montane evergreen forest of S India (Trichur and Nilgiri Hills).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: New records provided and relationships discussed by Jenkins et al. (1998). Based on the analysis of RNA sequences, S. dayi is sister of the African S. megalura (Querouil et al., 2001) .