Crocidura gathornei, Jenkins, 2013
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D474A54-A07F-8713-FF29-A76014B9FB5E |
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Felipe |
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Crocidura gathornei |
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Gathorne’s White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Gathorne / German: Gathorne-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Gathorne
Other common names: Gathorne's Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura gathornei Jenkins, 2013 ,
“ Phurkia , Kumaon , Uttarakhand, India, 30°14°33"N 79°59'38"E, 10700 feet [3261 m].” GoogleMaps
This recently described species is known from few specimens and is readily distinguished from the two other smaller species, C. pullata and C. attenuata , recorded from the Himalayan region. Monotypic.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Uttarakhand and from the Kulu Valley, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, NW India. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 77-91 mm, tail 57-70 mm, hindfoot 15-16 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Gathorne’s White-toothed Shrew is a large shrew with a relatively long tail (74-85% of head-body length). Dorsal pelage brown, hairs with gray bases and rufous brown tips; ventral pelage gray-brown, hairs with gray bases and bufftips. Tail brown above, slightly paler below and with bristle hairs on ¢.70% of the tail.
Habitat. Information on the habitat where these few specimens were caught is imprecise. It includes open ground with long grass and stunted bushes above the tree line in north-west and west Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows, bordering on mixed open and well wooded west Himalayan broadleaf forest. Altitude 2743-3353 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 [UCN Red List.
Bibliography. Jenkins (2013).
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