Crocidura planiceps, Heller, 1910
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Crocidura planiceps |
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Flat-headed White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura planiceps View in CoL
French: Crocidure a téte plate / German: Flachkopf-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de cabeza plana
Other common names: Flat-headed Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura planciceps Heller, 1910 ,
Rhino Camp , Lado Enclave, Uganda.
Phylogenetic relationships of C. planciceps are uncertain, but it might be related to C. fuscomurina . Monotypic.
Distribution. Distribution is uncertain but has been recorded from N Nigeria and NW Uganda for sure; it might also be present in Sudan, Ethiopia, and DR Congo. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 50-66 mm, tail 39-48 mm, ear 6-8 mm, hindfoot
9-11 mm; weight 2-3 g. The Flat-headed White-toothed Shrew is very small. Dorsal pelage is cinnamon-brown to grayish brown, and ventral pelage is paler yellowish gray or silvery gray. Flank glands are distinctly marked with an oblong patch of whitish hairs. Feet are paler than dorsum. Tail is 72-78% of head-body length, hairy, and grayish brown. Skull is smaller and thinner, with a shorter tooth row, than in the morphologically similar Bicolored African White-toothed Shrew ( C. fuscomurina ). Braincaseis very flat, and profile of rostrum ascends slightly anterior to a marked depression at termination in interorbital region. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. Cyperus (Cyperaceae) swamps near a stream in northern Nigeria.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. Evidence of breeding of Flat-headed White-toothed Shrews has been noted in November in Nigeria.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Virtually nothing is known of the Flatheaded White-toothed Shrew, although it might be threatened by urbanization and agricultural expansion that destroysits wetland habitats.
Bibliography. Churchfield & Jenkins (2013i), Happold (1987), Hutterer (1981a), Kennerley & Gerrie (2016), Meylan & Vogel (1982).
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