Sorex ventralis, Merriam, 1895
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Chestnut-bellied Shrew
French: Musaraigne a ventre brun / German: Kastanienbauch-Spitzmaus / Spanish: Musarafa de vientre castano
Other common names: San Felipe Long-tailed Shrew
Taxonomy. Sorex obscurus ventralis Merriam, 1895 View in CoL ,
“ Cerro San Felipe , Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude, 10,000 feet [= 3048 m]).” Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to “latitude 16-28°N, longitude 97-74°W.”
Sorex ventralis is in the S. oreopolus group and subgenus Otisorex. Monotypic.
Distribution. México E through Distrito Federal and Tlaxcala to Puebla, and SW to Oaxaca , C & S Mexico. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 61-69 mm, tail 36-43 mm, ear 5-7 mm, hindfoot 13 mm; weight 5 g. The Chestnutbellied Shrew is relatively small. Dorsum is chestnut brown to dark blackish brown, and venter is barely lighter. Tail is ¢.60% of head-body length and bicolored, similar to the body. I' has pigmented median tine. I, has two denticles, shallow interdenticular space, pigment on one section, and long strip of pigmentation on anteromedial edge of tooth. Teeth are pigmented dark red. There are five unicuspids, third is smaller than first, second, and fourth, and fifth is significantly smaller than the rest.
Habitat. Montane pine-fir-oak forests and adjacent meadows at elevations of 2760 3000 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 [UCN Red List. The Chestnut-bellied Shrew is common, has a large distribution, and occurs in multiple protect ed areas including Los Volcanes Biosphere Reserve. It seems to be locally threatened by deforestation from urban and agricultural expansion.
Bibliography. Carraway (2007), Castro-Arellano & Ceballos (2014c), Ceballos & Oliva (2006), Esteva et al. (2010), Matson, Woodman et al. (2017b).
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