Crocidura kegoensis, Lunde, Musser, & Ziegler, 2004

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 : 493

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870192

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scientific name

Crocidura kegoensis
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276. View Plate 21: Soricidae

Ke Go White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura kegoensis

French: Crocidure de Ke Go / German: Ke-Go-WeilRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Ke Go

Other common names: Ke Go Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura kegoensis Lunde, Musser, & Ziegler, 2004 ,

“ Ky Anh-Ke Go” (= Ke Go) Nature Reserve , 200 m, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.

Relationships of C. kegoensis to other shrews is not known; it is only known by the type specimen. First regarded as a possible young individual of C. attenuata . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Ha Tinh Province, NC Vietnam. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 48 mm, tail 27 mm, ear 5 mm, hindfoot 10 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Condylo-incisive length is 15-3 mm. The Ke Go White-toothed Shrew is diminutive, with short tail (c.56% of head-body length) and feet and conspicuous blackish mystacial patches on muzzle above upper lips. Dorsal pelage is brownish; individual hairs have gray bases and pale brown or brownish white tips. Ventral pelage is pale grayish brownish; individual hairs have pale gray bases and brownish white tips. There is gradual transition on flanks between upper parts and underparts. Tail is brown above and slightly paler below, sparsely covered with short hairs not visible without magnification. Scattered long pilose hairs cover basal one-half of tail. Hands and feet are pale brown. Ears are dark brown. Face has distinct patches of blackish brown skin and dark brown fur extending along muzzle, in contrast with pale brown fur of head. The only species from the region that is similar to the Ke Go White-toothed Shrew is the Hainan White-toothed Shrew ( C. wuchihensis ), but the Ke Go White-toothed Shrew is smaller in all dimensions, lacks dark muzzle markings, and has paler ears and feet. Skull is small, with short and broad rostrum, and braincase is broad and flattened. Large upper premolar has deeply curved indentation on posterior edge. Molars have deep notches on inner side.

Habitat. Primary lowland forest on slope near dry streambed among roots of a large tree.

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. The Ke Go Whitetoothed Shrew is probably not threatened. There are still remnant lowland forests in Ke Go Nature Reserve. Large mammals are rare there due to hunting pressure, but small mammals can survive there. Ke Go is one of the last lowland rainforests in Vietnam. Illegal logging, poaching, and oil development threaten this area.

Bibliography. Abramov et al. (2013), Feiler (1999), Feiler et al. (2008), Francis (2008), Jenkins et al. (2009), Lunde et al. (2004).

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266. Phu Quoc White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura phuquocensis), 267. Taiwanese Gray White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura lanakae), 268. Phan Luong White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura phanluong), 269. Sokolov White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura sokolouvi), 270. Cranbrook’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura cranbrooki), 271. Hill's White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura hilliana), 272. Voracious White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura vorax), 273. Sa Pa White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura sapaensis), 274. Annamite White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura annamitensis), 275. Vietnamese White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura guy), 276. Ke Go White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura kegoensis), 277. Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura hispida), 278. Andaman White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura andamanensis), 279. Jenkins’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi), 280. Nicobar White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura nicobarica), 281. Christmas Island White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura trichura), 282. Siberian White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura sibirica), 283. Shantung White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura shantungensts), 284. Guldenstadt’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura gueldenstaedtii), 285. Lesser White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens), 286. Cyrenaica White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura aleksandrisi), 287. Zarudny’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura zarudnyi), 288. Greater Ryukyu White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura orii), 289. Batak White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura batakorum), 290. Mossy Forest White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura musseri), 291. Temboan White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura rhoditis), 292. Lesser Black-footed White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura lea), 293. Sulawesi Tiny White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura levicula), 294. Elongated White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura elongata), 295. North African White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura pachyura), 296. Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula), 297. Serezkaya White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura serezkyensis), 298. Whitaker's White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura whitakeri), 299. Flower’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura floweri), 300. Egyptian Pygmy White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura religiosa), 301. Bicolored White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura leucodon), 302. Saharan White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura tarfayensis), 303. Arabian White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura arabica), 304. Dhofar White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura dhofarensis)

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Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Ha Tinh Province, NC Vietnam.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Crocidura