Crocidura macowi, Dollman, 1915

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Nyiro White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura macowi

French: Crocidure du Ng'iro / German: Nyiro-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Nyiro

Other common names: Macow'’s Shrew, Nyiro Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura macow: Dollman, 1904 ,

south of Lake Rudolf (= Lake Tur- kana) , Mount Nyiro , Kenya.

Phylogenetic relationships with other Crocidura are uncertain; appears superficially similar to C. niobe . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Mt Nyiro in NW Kenya.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 68-71 mm, tail 57-58 mm, ear 8:5-9-5 mm, hindfoot 13-13-5 mm. No specific data are available

for body weight. The Nyiro White-toothed Shrew is a small shrew with dark brown dorsal pelage and grayish brown or slate gray ventral pelage. Feet are dark brown. Tail is relatively long (c.80% of head-body length), bicolored, being dark brown above and paler below, and relatively hairy, with longer bristle hairs mixed in throughout. M* is medium-sized; the talonid of M, has an entoconid and talonid basin. There are three unicuspids: the third is larger than the second.

Habitat. There is no information regarding the habitat the specimens were actually collected in, but Mount Nyiro supports Afromontane forest.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Nyiro White-toothed Shrews are terrestrial.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Nyiro White-toothed Shrew is only known from two specimens collected over 100 years ago.

Bibliography. Churchfield & Jenkins (2013d), Dollman (1915e), Jenkins (2016b).