Crocidura mdumaz, Stanley, 2015
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D474A54-A052-873E-FFF4-AA5B1087F97B |
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Felipe |
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Crocidura mdumaz |
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Mduma’s White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Mduma / German: Mduma-Weilszahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Mduma
Other common names: Mduma's Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura mdumair Stanley et al., 2015 , “ Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro District, Ngorongoro Conservation Area , Ngorongoro Crater rim , near Pongo Ranger Post, 3-24407°S, 35-64040°E, 2064 m a.s.l.” GoogleMaps
Crocidura mdumai is in the C. monax clade and seems to be sister to C. munissii; together they are close to C. fumosa . Crocidura mdumai was previously included in C. monax . Monotypic.
Distribution. Ngorongoro Crater in NE Tanzania. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 76-91 mm, tail 52-65 mm, ear 9-11 mm, hindfoot 14-16 mm; weight 7-3-9-6 g. Mduma’s White-toothed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsal pelage is dark brown, and ventral pelage is slightly paler and dark gray. Feet are paler dorsally than rest of body. Tail is ¢.70% of head-body length, slightly bicolored, dark above, lighter below, and covered with short hair, with longer bristle hairs scattered throughout its length. Skull is small and rounded, with lees angular anterior corners of braincase than in other species of the C. monax clade. I' is short and slender, and C' is longer and broader than I’. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. Ngorongoro Crater forests. Habitats of Mduma’s White-toothed Shrew include montane forest on the rim of the Ngorongoro caldera at elevations of ¢.2370 m and slightly drier forests at ¢.2000 m on the south-eastern slope.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. Mduma’s White-toothed Shrew is threatened largely from small farms that might result in habitat loss in its small distribution. It occurs in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Bibliography. Giarla et al. (2017a), Stanley et al. (2015).
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