Crocidura littoralis, Heller, 1910
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Naked-tailed White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura littoralis View in CoL
French: Crocidure des rives / German: Nacktschwanz-Weildzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de cola desnuda
Other common names: Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew, Naked-tailed Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura littoralis Heller, 1910 View in CoL ,
Butiaba , east shore of Lake Albert, Uganda.
Crocidura littoralis seems to represent multiple species because some populations that have been attributed to the synonym oritis were found to be closer to C. stenocephala than to C. littoralis . Because this has not been tested further, oritis is included as a synonym of C. littoralis until additional research can clarify its status. Monotypic.
Distribution. E Cameroon and Republic
of the Congo E through SW Central African Republic and DR Congo to Uganda and WC Kenya. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 85-100 mm, tail 64-77 mm, ear 8-11 mm, hindfoot 13-17 mm; weight 20-24 g. The Naked-tailed White-toothed Shrew is large. Dorsum is blackish or dark brown, with ash gray-based and brownish-tipped hairs. Ventral pelage is similar to dorsum or paler grayish brown, with silvery gray-based and brownish gray-tipped hairs. Ears are darkly pigmented and covered with very short dark hairs on outer edges. Hindfeet are dark brown, and forefeet are slightly lighter brown. Tail is ¢.73% of head-body length, nearly naked with a few scattered bristle hairs nearits base, and bicolored, being blackish above and slightly paler below. Skull is broader than in the Kahuzi White-toothed Swamp Shrew ( C. stenocephala ), and cutting edges of mandibular incisors have two inconspicuous denticles. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. Cloud canopy rainforest.
Food and Feeding. Diet of the Naked-tailed White-toothed Shrew includes ants,flies, larval lepidopterans, true bugs, termites, and spiders (based on one stomach sample).
Breeding. Litters of the Naked-tailed White-toothed Shrew have 2-4 young.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Naked-tailed White-toothed Shrew is rare and occurs over a fairly wide distribution. It does seem to face any major threats.
Bibliography. Aggundey & Schlitter (1986), Barriére et al. (2005), Cassola (2016al), Dieterlen & Heim de Balsac (1979), Ray & Hutterer (1996, 2013d), Stanley et al. (2015).
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