Myosorex rumpii, Heim de Balsac, 1968

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 : 550

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870581

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scientific name

Myosorex rumpii
status

 

447. View Plate 25: Soricidae

Rumpi Mouse Shrew

Myosorex rumpii View in CoL

French: Musaraigne des Rumpi / German: Rumpi-Mausspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana raton de Rumpi

Taxonomy. Myosorex eisentrauti rumpii Heim de Balsac, 1968 View in CoL ,

Rumpi Hills , 1100 m, Cameroon.

Previously included in M. eisentrauti , but now generally recognized as a distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution. Rumpi Hills, SW Cameroon. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 84 mm, tail 35 mm, ear 10 mm, hindfoot 14 mm; weight 15 g. The Rumpi Mouse Shrew is a medium-sized shrew with soft, dense,

velvety pelage that has a silky sheen. Dorsum is dark blackish brown, the hairs dark gray for the basal two-thirds and blackish brown to dark chestnut brown terminally; ventral pelage is a paler blackish brown with a shot silk appearance, the hairs gray on basal two-thirds, reddish brown terminally. Feet are whitish with conspicuous brown scales and short blackish brown hairs dorsally; the claws are relatively long and sharp. Tail is short (¢.40% of head-body length) and uniformly blackish brown. There are four unicuspids. I' is moderately long and hooked and M? is Narrow.

Habitat. Known only from the type locality in the Rumpi Hills at elevations of¢.1100 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 Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Rumpi Mouse Shrew is only known from the type specimen, collected in 1967. Research is needed.

Bibliography. Heim de Balsac (1968b), Hutterer (2013ac), Kennerley (20162).

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424. Aberdare Mole Shrew (Surdisorex norae), 425. Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (Surdisorex polulus), 426. Schlitter’s Mole Shrew (Surdisorex schlitteri), 427. Phillips's Congo Shrew (Congosorex phillipsorum), 428. Greater Congo Shrew (Congosorex polli), 429. Lesser Congo Shrew (Congosorex verheyeni), 430. Meester’s Mouse Shrew (Myosorex meester), 431. Dark-footed Mouse Shrew (Myosorex cafer), 432. Sclater’s Mouse Shrew (Myosorex sclateri), 433. Thin Mouse Shrew (Mpyosorex tenuis), 434. South African Mouse Shrew (Myosorex varius), 435. Long-tailed Mouse Shrew (Myosorex longicaudatus), 436. Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew (Myosorex zinki), 437. Geata Mouse Shrew (Myosorex geata), 438. Kihaule’s Mouse Shrew (Myosorex kihaulei), 439. Nyika Mouse Shrew (Myosorex gnoskei), 440. Schaller’s Mouse Shrew (Myosorex schalleri), 441. Kabogo Mouse Shrew (Myosorex kabogoensis), 442. Babault’ ' s Mouse Shrew (Mpyosorex babaultu), 443. Montane Mouse Shrew (Myosorex blarina), 444. Bururt Mouse Shrew (Myosorex bururiensis), 445. Kahuzi Mouse Shrew (Myosorex jejer), 446. Eisentraut’s Mouse Shrew (Myosorex eisentrauti), 447. Rumpi Mouse Shrew (Myosorex rumpii), 448. Oku Mouse Shrew (Myosorex okuensis)

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Distribution. Rumpi Hills, SW Cameroon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Myosorex