Crocidura pullata, G. S. Miller, 1911
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Crocidura pullata |
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Kashmir White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure sombre / German: KashmirWeizahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarafa de Cachemira
Other common names: Asiatic White-toothed Shrew, Dusky Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura pullata G. S. Miller, 1911 View in CoL ,
“ Kotihar , Kashmir [ India] (altitude 7000 feet [= 2134 m].”
Confused at various times with West Eu- ropean species of Crocidura , it is currently recognized as distinct from Western Asian and Chinese species on the basis of a cranial morphometrics analysis by Jiang Xuelong and R. S. Hoffmann in 2001. Monotypic.
Distribution. Endemic to the Western Himalaya in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 60-90 mm, tail 39-53 mm, ear 5-10 mm, hindfoot 11-16 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Pelage of the Kashmir Whitetoothed Shrew is soft and dense; dorsal color dark buffy brown or grayish brown to dark gray brown, some specimens with a brown or silvery wash, ventrally paler. Tail 55-76% of head-body length, brown above, paler below, bristle hairs over the length of the tail.
Habitat. Moist temperate forest or banks of streams in dry and open hillsides with adequate shrub and bush ground cover; the Kashmir White-toothed Shrew may also be found in gardens and houses. Altitudinal range is 1829-2652 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. Kashmir White-toothed Shrews are terrestrial and at least partially nocturnal or crepuscular, as the remains ofthis species have been recorded from owl pellets.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. In Pakistan, recorded in pellets of owls, including the mountain scops-owl (Otus spilocephalus), the Indian scops-owl (O. bakkamoena) and the collared owlet (Glaucidium brodier).
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.
Bibliography. Jenkins (2013), Jiang Xuelong & Hoffmann (2001), Manzoor et al. (2013), Miller (1911), Molur (2016¢), Roberts (1997).
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