Crocidura hispida, Thomas, 1913

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Soricidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 332-551 : 494

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6870843

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870197

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scientific name

Crocidura hispida
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277. View Plate 21: Soricidae

Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura hispida View in CoL

French: Crocidure épineuse / German: Andamanen-StachelweiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana espinosa de Andaman

Other common names: Andaman Spiny Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura hispida Thomas, 1913 View in CoL ,

“ Middle Andaman Island , northern end ,” Andaman Islands , India.

Crocidura hispida is known only from a sin- gle museum specimen, and a recent survey in 2004 failed to find any additional specimens. Similarities with other species recorded from Andaman and Nicobar Islands warrant taxonomic investigation. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from N Middle

Andaman I. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head—body 85 mm, tail 103 mm, ear 13 mm, hindfoot 25-5 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew is large. Dorsal pelage is gray, with brownish wash; it is semi-spinous, with some broad and flattened hairs and mid-dorsal hairs ¢.8 mm long. Tail is ¢.120% of head-body length, slender, and well covered with long bristle hairs, being brown above and whitish below. Lateral glands are well defined. Feet are white.

Habitat. Leaf litter of tropical evergreen forests at elevations up to ¢.100 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew is assumed to be nocturnal but might be active intermittently day and night.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew is known from a single small island, and its estimated maximum area of occupancy is only 42 km?*.

Bibliography. Chakraborty (1978), Chakraborty et al. (2004), Corbet & Hill (1992), Molur (2016d), Molur et al. (2005), Thomas (1913).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Crocidura

Loc

Crocidura hispida

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson 2018
2018
Loc

Crocidura hispida

Thomas 1913
1913
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