Sorex mccarthyi, Matson & Ordonez-Garza, 2017

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 : 407

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McCarthy's Shrew

Sorex mccarthyi

French: Musaraigne de McCarthy / German: McCarthy-Spitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de McCarthy

Taxonomy. Sorex mccarthyi Matson & Ordonez-Garza, 2017 ,

“ approximately 11 km SW Gracias, 2560 m, Campamento El Naranjo , Parque Nacional Celaque , Lempira, Honduras, latitude 14° 33" N, longitude 88° 40° W.”

Sorex mccarthyi was only recently described and is included in the salvini group in an unnamed subgenus of Sorex . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from Cerro Celaque, WC Honduras.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 59-5 mm, tail 51-5 mm, ear 7-5 mm, hindfoot 13 mm; weight 4-2 g. McCarthy's Shrew is relatively small. Dorsum and venter are dark reddish brown. Tail is ¢.87% of head-body length and barely bicolored, being reddish brown above and slightly paler below. Lowerfirst incisor has one pigmented denticle, and unicuspid toothrow is short relative to skull width and depth compared with the San Cristobal Shrew (S. cristobalensis), Salvin’s Shrew (S. salvini ), and Sclater’s Shrew (S. sclateri ). There are five unicuspids, first and second are large, third is barely smaller than fourth, and fifth is minute. Teeth are pigmented dark red.

Habitat. High montane cloud forest at an elevation of 2560 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. McCarthy's Shrew was only recently described based on a specimen collected in 1995. Additional studies are needed to assess its threats, but it is found in Celaque National Park.

Bibliography. Matson & Ordénez-Garza (2017).

Figures

0. Radde’s Shrew (Sorex raddei), 1. Alpine Shrew (Sorex alpinus), 2. Ussuri Shrew (Sorex mwrabilis), 3. Chinese Highland Shrew (Sorex excelsus), 4. Greater Striped Shrew (Sorex cylindricauda), 5. Lesser Striped Shrew (Sorex bedfordiae), 7. Flat-skulled Shrew (Sorex roboratus), 8. Eurasian Least Shrew (Sorex munutissimus), 9. Azumi Shrew (Sorex hosonoi), 10. Slender Shrew (Sorex gracillimus), 11. Laxmann’s Shrew (Sorex caecutiens), 12. Shinto Shrew (Sorex shinto), 13. Taiga Shrew (Sorex isodon), 14. Long-clawed Shrew (Sorex unguiculatus), 15. Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis), 16. Common Shrew (Sorex araneus), 17. Iberian Shrew (Sorex granarius), 18. Valais Shrew (Sorex antinorn), 19. Crowned Shrew (Sorex coronatus), 20. Caucasian Shrew (Sorex satunin), 21. Siberian Large-toothed Shrew (Sorex daphaenodon), 22. Gansu Shrew (Sorex cansulus), 23. Tundra Shrew (Sorex tundrensis), 24. Tian Shan Shrew (Sorex asper), 25. Apennine Shrew (Sorex samniticus), 26. Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus), 27. Maritime Shrew (Sorex maritimensis), 28. Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus), 29. Caucasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex volnuchini), 30. Buchara Shrew (Sorex buchariensis), 31. Tibetan Shrew (Sorex thibetanus), 32. Kashmir Shrew (Sorex planiceps), 33. Trowbridge’s Shrew (Sorex trowbridgu), 34. Arizona Shrew (Sorex arizonae), 35. Merriam’s Shrew (Sorex merriami), 36. Alto Shrew (Sorex altoensis), 37. Jalisco Shrew (Sorex mediopua), 38. Saussure’s Shrew (Sorex saussurei), 39. San Cristobal Shrew (Sorex cristobalensis), 40. McCarthy's Shrew (Sorex mccarthyi), 41. Salvin’s Shrew (Sorex salvini), 42. Sclater’s Shrew (Sorex sclateri), 43. Pale-toothed Shrew (Sorex stizodon)

Distribution. Known only from Cerro Celaque, WC Honduras.