Cryptotis celaque, Woodman, 2015
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Cryptotis celaque |
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Celaque Broad-clawed Shrew
French: Musaraigne du Celaque / German: Celague-Kleinohrspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de uias anchas de Celaque
Taxonomy. Cryptotis celaque Woodman, 2015 , “ Campamento Don Tomas , 2075 m, Celaque National Park , ca. 11 km SW of Gracias, Lempira Dept., Honduras.”
A. B. Baird and colleagues in 2018 determined that C. celaque was sister to C. mccarthyi and in the C. goodwini group. Monotypic.
Distribution. Celaque National Park in Lempira Department (WC Honduras). View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 67-80 mm,
tail 24-30 mm, hindfoot 12-19 mm; weight 7-11 g. The Celaque Broad-clawed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsum is very dark blackish brown, with hairs that have silvery gray bases and dark brown tips. Venter is slightly paler dark brown than dorsum. Feet are relatively long and broad, with long wide claws. Tail is short (36% of head—body length), covered with short hair, and blackish brown. Eyes are diminutive, and ears are small and barely visible under fur. Skull is short with narrow braincase; rostrum is relatively long; interorbital region and zygomatic plate are proportionately broad; fourth unicuspid is somewhat large; and fourth unicuspid is partially visible in lateral view; and palate is relatively broad. Teeth are reddish, and there are four unicuspids.
Habitat. Subtropical lower montane moist forests at elevations of 1430-2560 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. All female Celaque Broad-clawed Shrews captured in January, February, and October were not reproductively active.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The [UCN Red List. Celaque Broad-clawed Shrews are found in the Celaque National Park and seem to have a restricted distribution, but additional research is needed.
Bibliography. Baird et al. (2018), Woodman (2015a).
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