Crocidura maombasilvanus, 2003
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Crocidura maombasilvanus |
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Nimba Giant White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura maombasilvanus View in CoL
French: Crocidure sylvaine / German: Nimba-Riesenweil 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Nimba gigante
Other common names: Nimba Giant Shrew, West African Giant Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003 View in CoL ,
“ Ziela, Mt Nimba , Guinea.”
Crocidura nimbasilvanus was regarded as a subspecies of C. goliath for many years, but recent phylogenetic and morphomet- ric studies placed it as sister to C. nimbae and in the C. oliviert group. The name C. g. mimbasilvanus was a replacement name for C. odorata guineensis named by H. Heim de Balsac in 1968, which was preoc-
cupied by C. occidentalis guineensis named by A. Cabrera in 1903. Monotypic.
Distribution. West Africa in SE Guinea to SW Ivory Coast. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 125-151 mm, tail 98-5-125 mm, ear 13-8-16-2 mm, hindfoot 23-6-26-5 mm; weight 47-67 g. The Nimba Giant White-toothed Shrew is very large. It is similar to but smaller than the Goliath White-toothed Shrew (C. goliath ), with shorter and more velvety pelage. Dorsal and ventral pelage is very dark brown. Ears are relatively small, and feet are dark brown. Tail is ¢.85% of head-body length, dark brown occasionally with white tip, and relatively hairy. Skull is wider than in the Goliath White-toothed Shrew, especially glenoid and maxillary regions. M’ is larger than in any other species of Crocidura and twice that of the Goliath Whitetoothed Shrew; upper premolar and first and second upper molars are larger. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. Primary and secondary lowland forests and submontane ravine forests in Guinea and fallows and secondary forests more than primary forests in Ziama Forest. Nimba Giant White-toothed Shrews are generally less common in fields and open areas such as grassland.
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 [UCN Red List. The Nimba Giant Whitetoothed Shrew is relatively common in secondary habitats, and it probably does not have any major threats, although additional research and assessment are needed.
Bibliography. Hutterer (2003), Jacquet, Hutterer et al. (2013), Jacquet, Nicolas et al. (2012), Nicolas et al. (2009), Vogel et al. (2013).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Crocidura maombasilvanus
| Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson 2018 |
Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus
| Hutterer 2003 |