Myosorex zinki, Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956
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Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew
French: Musaraigne de Zink / German: Kilimanjaro-Mausspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana ratén del Kilimanjaro
Taxonomy. Myosorex blarina zinki Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956 View in CoL ,
south-east slope of Mount Kilimanjaro , 3700 m, Tanzania.
Mpyosorex zinki was found to be sister to a clade including Congosorex verheyeni , M. meesteri, M. sclateri , M. cafer , M. varius , and M. tenuis , but further sampling is needed to determine its exact placement. Monotypic.
Distribution. Mt Kilimanjaro, NE Tanzania. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 84-100 mm, tail 33-37 mm, ear 6-8 mm, hindfoot 15-18 mm; weight 14-5-19-5 g. The Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew is a large species of mouse shrew with soft, dense,silky sheened pelage. Dorsal pelage is uniformly dark grayish brown with a conspicuous shot-silk appearance, the hairs being dark gray basally with a shiny brown tip, some of them with a white subterminal band; ventral pelage is slightly to moderately paler, also with a shot-silk appearance, the hairs being gray with a grayish brown tip. Ears are inconspicuous and densely haired. Feet are brown and well covered in hair. Tail is relatively short (c.38% of head-body length), covered in short dark brown hairs, dark brown dorsally and brown ventrally. Braincase is high-domed; I' is moderately long and hooked; M? is wide. There are four unicuspids.
Habitat. Montane forest, heathland, moorland, and the edge of alpine desert at higher elevations of 2470-4000 m.
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 Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew has a very restricted range, within which it may be rather common.
Bibliography. Heim de Balsac (1970), Heim de Balsac & Lamotte (1956), Hutterer (2013ae), Kennerley (2016aa), Shore & Garbett (1991), Stanley & Hutterer (2000), Stanley, Rogers & Hutterer (2005a), Taylor et al. (2013).
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