Chimarrogale styani, de Winton, 1899

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Chinese Water Shrew

Chimarrogale styani

French: Chimarrogale de Chine / German: Chinesische Wasserspitzmaus / Spanish: Musgano de China

Other common names: Styan's Water Shrew

Taxonomy. Chimarrogale styani de Winton, 1899 ,

“ Yang-liu-pa [= Yangliu ba, Pingwu] , N.W. Sechuen [= Sichuan],” China.

Chimarrogale styani is sometimes confused with C. himalayica but is supported as a distinct species by morphological and molecular evidence. In south-western China, the Chinese Water Shrew is sympatric with C. himalayica and perhaps Nectogale elegans . It is unclear whether they are syntopically distributed. Monotypic.

Distribution. WC & SW China (SE Qinghai, S Gansu, SW Shaanxi, SE Tibet [= Xizang], W Sichuan, and NW Yunnan) and N Myanmar.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 96-108 mm, tail 61-85 mm, hindfoot 20-23 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Condylo-incisive lengths are 23-6-24-8 mm, and tooth rows are 10-1-10-6 mm. The Chinese Water Shrew is similar to the Himalayan Water Shrew ( C. himalayica ) but smaller, and there is no overlap in most skull measurements. Tail is obviously shorter than head-body length. Tail is bicolored and covered with white hair below. Ventral pelage is slate-black and covered with guard hairs that increase in length and number on rump. Dorsal and ventral pelage is obviously bicolored. All underparts including sides of face are white washed with yellow. Forefeet and hindfeet are white. Cusps of teeth are unpigmented.

Habitat. Cool mountain streams at elevations of 1700-3500 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Chinese Water Shrews are semi-aquatic.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Chinese Water Shrew has a wide distribution, but little is known aboutits ecology and conservation status.

Bibliography. Hoffmann (1987), Smith & Yan Xie (2008), Yuan Shouli et al. (2013).

Figures

136. Elliot’s Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina hulophaga), 137. Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicaudus), 138. Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis), 139. Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina peninsulae), 140. Sherman’s Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina shermani), 141. Sichuan Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda), 142. Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella wardi), 143. Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella griselda), 144. Chinese Mole Shrew (Anourosorex squamaipes), 145. Taiwanese Mole Shrew (Anowrosorex yamashinai), 146. Assam Mole Shrew (Anowrosorex assamensis), 147. Giant Mole Shrew (Anourosorex schmid), 148. Desert Gray Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi), 149. Cockrum’s Gray Shrew (Notiosorex cockrumi), 150. Large-eared Gray Shrew (Notiosorex evolis), 151. Villa’s Gray Shrew (Notiosorex villa), 152. Mexican Shrew (Megasorex gigas), 153. Taiwanese Brown-toothed (Shrew Epusoriculusfumidus), 154. Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus macrurus), 155. Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus baileyi), 156. Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus leucops), 157. Hodgson’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus caudatus), 158. Sichuan Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus sacratus), 159. Hidden Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus umbrinus), 160. Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus soluensis), 161. Himalayan Shrew (Soriculus nigrescens), 162. De Winton’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa hypsibia), 163. Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa parva), 164. Smith’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa smithii), 165. Salenski’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa salenskii), 166. Dusky Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa furva), 167. Lesser Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa sodalis), 168. Van Sung’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa caovansunga), 169. Hoffmann’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa hoffmanni), 170. Lowe’s Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa parca), 171. Bornean Water Shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura), 172. Sumatran Water Shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana), 173. Malayan Water Shrew (Chimarrogale hantu), 174. Chinese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale styani), 175. Himalayan Water Shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica), 176. Leander’s Water Shrew (Chimarrogale leander), 177. Japanese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala), 178. Elegant Water Shrew (Nectogale elegans), 179. Mediterranean Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus), 180. Transcaucasian Water (Shrew Neomysteres), 181. Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)

Distribution. WC & SW China (SE Qinghai, S Gansu, SW Shaanxi, SE Tibet [= Xizang], W Sichuan, and NW Yunnan) and N Myanmar.