Crocidura hilliana, Jenkins & A. L. Smith, 1995
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Hill's White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura hilliana View in CoL
French: Crocidure de Hill / German: Hill-\ WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Hill
Other common names: Hill's Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura hilliana Jenkins & A. L. Smith, 1995 View in CoL ,
Wat Tham Maho Lan , 575m 17°06’N, 101°53’E, Ban Nong Hin , 48 km S Loei, Loei Province, NE Thailand. GoogleMaps
Crocidura hilliana was described based on 19 cranium and mandible specimens recovered from owl pellets. Cranial and dental characteristics are obviously distinctive from other recognized species. Monotypic.
Distribution. Known from a few localities
in C & NE Thailand and Laos. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Tail 45-4 mm, hindfoot 14-3 mm. No other measurements available. Condylo-incisive lengths are 21-23-5 mm, and tooth rows are 8:8-10-2 mm. Hill's White-toothed Shrew is medium-sized. Cranial size is intermediate between that of the Asian Gray White-toothed Shrew ( C. attenuata ) and the Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew ( C. fuliginosa ). Based on a single specimen in fluid, Hill’s White-toothed Shrew is uniformly dark brown, with lighter tail and feet. Bristle hairs on tail occur on ¢.70% of its length. Cranium and mandible are robust. Cranium is angular, particularly in dorsal view. Zygomatic process of maxilla is broad and angular. Interorbital region is long and narrow. I' is robust. Upper unicuspids are overlapping and crowded. First upper unicuspid is large, broad, and about twice as large as second. Talonid of M,is reduced to single cusp. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 50 and FN = 66.
Habitat. Secondary forests on hills surrounded by farmland (Thailand) and limestone karst, heavily degraded mixed deciduous forests, scrubland, bamboo, rice paddies, and undisturbed semi-evergreen forests (Laos) at elevations of 150-550 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Hill's White-toothed Shrew is poorly known. It is probably tolerant of deforestation and anthropogenic activities because it has been captured in such habitats, and large numbers of skulls recovered from owl pellets indicate it probably has a large overall population in Thailand.
Bibliography. Jenkins & Smith (1995), Motokawa & Harada (1998), Smith et al. (1998).
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