Crocidura wuchihensis, Wang, 1966
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Hainan White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura wuchihensis View in CoL
French: Crocidure du Wuzhi / German: Hainan-Weil 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Hainan
Other common names: Hainan Island Shrew, Wuchi Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura wuchihensis Wang Sung, 1966 View in CoL ,
Mount Wuzhi , Hainan Island, China.
Previously treated as a race of C. horsfieldii , and one of the forms since elevated to full species rank. The holotype has never been carefully diagnosed, and the name has been applied to animals from mainland China and South-east Asia only because they are of similar size; a comprehensive revision is warranted. Monotypic.
Distribution. Guangxi and Hainan I (S China) and N & C Vietnam;it probably has a broader distribution than currently known. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 59-65 mm,tail 37-42 mm, hindfoot 10-13 mm; weight 3-5-5 g (specimens from Vietnam). Condylo-basal length 15-5-15-7 mm and cranial breadth 7-8 mm. Condylo-incisive length 15-7-17-1 mm, tooth row 6-8-7-3 mm. The Hainan White-toothed Shrew is a small shrew. Pelage is not obviously bicolor: dorsal pelage is dark gray to grayish brown, and ventralis lighter. Tail is ¢.67% of head-body length, and similar to the pelage in color; bristle hairs extend along 20% of the proximal portion of the tail. Upperside of hindfeet covered with light hair. Skull is narrow and braincase is low. Teeth were described as similar to those of the Taiwan race kuroda : of the Chinese White-toothed Shrew.
Habitat. Captured in mid-elevational broadleaf forest, at 1000-1300 m.
Food and Feeding. The Hainan White-toothed Shrew is insectivorous.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. Terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. There is little information regarding its ecology. It remain unknown whether the populations of South-east Asia and Hainan are conspecific, and whether the species can adapt to anthropogenic habitats.
Bibliography. Esselstyn et al. (2009), Jenkins et al. (2013), Lunde et al. (2003), Shaw et al. (1966).
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