Myosorex gnoskei, 1838

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Soricidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 332-551 : 548-549

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6870843

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870559

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scientific name

Myosorex gnoskei
status

 

439. View Plate 25: Soricidae

Nyika Mouse Shrew

Myosorex gnoskei View in CoL

French: Musaraigne de Gnoske / German: Gnoske-Mausspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana ratén de Nyika

Other common names: Nyika Burrowing Shrew

Taxonomy. Myosorex gnoskei Kerbis Peterhans et al., 2008 View in CoL ,

200 m north of the Chilinda Guest House within Nyika National Park , Malawi (10° 34’37”S, 33° 48’30”E, 2285 m).” GoogleMaps

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Nyika National Park, N Malaw. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 75 mm, tail 41 mm, ear 9 mm, hindfoot 14 mm; weight 8 g (one specimen). The Nyika Mouse Shrew is a relatively small species of mouse shrew. Dorsum dark grayish brown with a yellowish tinge; ventral pelage is grayish yellow. Feet are dark, and have short claws. Tail is moderate in length (52% of head-body length), thin,

and noticeably bicolored, dark brown above, blond below. Skull is long, with a slender rostrum and a narrow braincase. M” is very long and heavily built. There are four unicuspids.

Habitat. Recorded from shrub thickets and bracken fern along a shallow stream at about 2285 m in elevation.

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. The Nyika Mouse Shrew is only known from one specimen at the type locality.

Bibliography. Engelbrektsson (2016e), Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer et al. (2008).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Loc

Myosorex gnoskei

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson 2018
2018
Loc

Myosorex gnoskei

Kerbis Peterhans 2008
2008
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