Suncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 104

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scientific name	Suncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928
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Suncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928 . Spolia Zeylan., 14:313.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sri Lanka, "Gonagama Estate, Rifulgala, 900 ft. "

DISTRIBUTION: Higlands of Sri Lanka.

COMMENTS: Phillips (1980) stressed that zeylanicus differs distinctly from murinus in the flesh, particularly by its long and almost naked tail, and that it lives in primary forest. However, its relation to montanus has still to be studied.