Sorex chiapensis (Jackson, 1925)
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Chiapan Shrew
French: Musaraigne du Chiapas / German: Chiapas-Spitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Chiapas
Taxonomy. Sorex veraepacis chiapensis H. H. T. Jackson, 1925 View in CoL ,
“ San Cristobal , altitude 9,500 feet [= 2896 m], State of Chiapas, Mexico.” Restricted by L.. N. Carraway in 2007 to “latitude 16-75°N, longitude 92-63°W.” GoogleMaps
Sorex chiapensis has generally been included within S. veraepacis , although recent morphometric studies have identified S. chiapensis as a separate species from S. veraepacis . Sorex chiapensis is in the S. veraepacis group and an unnamed subgenus of Sorex . Monotypic.
Distribution. Highlands of E Chiapas, SE Mexico, and W Guatemala. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 61-75 mm, tail 44-51 mm, hindfoot 14-15 mm; weight 6 g. The Chiapan Shrew is medium-sized but small compared with other members of the S. veraepacis group. Dorsum is gray to gray-brown, and venteris slightly lighter. Tail is ¢.70% of head-body length and either unicolored or slightly bicolored, being the same as dorsal color. Skull is small compared with other Guatemalan species of Sorex , and mandible is shorter, skull is flatter, and rostrum is wider than in the Sierra Shrew (S. madrensis). Teeth are pigmented dark red. There are five unicuspids,first and second are largest, third is usually smaller than fourth, and fifth is very small.
Habitat. Pine-oak cloud forests at elevations of 3030-3160 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. A lactating Chiapan Shrew was captured in July.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Chiapan Shrew has a relatively small distribution and might be threatened by localized habitat destruction from logging although more research is needed. Its habitat in Guatemala has been heavily logged.
Bibliography. Carraway (2007, 2014l), Matson & Ordénez-Garza (2017), Woodman et al. (2012).
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