Crocidura foxi, Dollman, 1915
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Felipe |
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Crocidura foxi |
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Fox’s White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Fox / German: Fox-Weil 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Fox
Other common names: Fox's Shrew
Taxonomy. Y. Crocidura foxi Dollman, 1915 View in CoL ,
Panyam , Nigeria.
Crocidura foxi is sister to a clade including C. buettikoferi , C. theresae , C. grandiceps , and C. wimmeri , although the specimen used in this genetic study was identified as C. cf. foxi . This clade also includes other basal species ( C. cyanea , C. mariquensis , C. silacea , C. hildegardeae , and C. bates) and is sister to a clade including C. crenata , C. fuscomurina , C. crossei , C. jouvenetae , and C. lusita-
nia. Monotypic.
Distribution. Senegal E to S South Sudan through the Sudan Savanna Zone. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 91-114 mm, tail 53-72 mm, ear 8-11 mm, hindfoot 15-5-18-5 mm; weight 13-22 g. Fox’s White-toothed Shrew is large. Dorsum is chocolate-brown to russet-brown; individual hairs are gray basally and have brown tips. Ventral pelageis gray, with gray-based and white-tipped hairs. Flanks, chest, and throat are gray. Tail is 50-63% of head-body length, pale, and coarsely haired. Skull has flatter braincase than in Fraser’s White-toothed Shrew ( C. poensis ). I' is long and hooked,first unicuspid is larger than other two, and M? is small. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. [.ong grass, secondary bushland, near agricultural land; rocky recently burnt grasslands in Nigeria; and cultivated irrigated areas between dunes and in swampy grassy zones in Senegal.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. Embryo counts are 2—4/female (mean 3-2 in Senegal. A pregnant Fox's White-toothed Shrew was captured with two embryos in Nigeria.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Fox's White-toothed Shrew is widespread and common throughout much ofits distribution.
Bibliography. Cassola (2016aj), Cozens & Marchant (1952), Duplantier & Granjon (2013a), Hutterer & Happold (1983), Setzer (1956), Vogel et al. (2013), Ziegler et al. (2002).
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