Sorex orizabae, Merriam, 1895
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Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew
French: Musaraigne d'Orizaba / German: Orizaba-Langschwanzspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de cola larga de Orizaba
Other common names: Orizaba Shrew
Taxonomy. Sorex orizabae Merriam, 1895 View in CoL ,
“ Mount Orizaba , State of Puebla, Mexico (altitude, 9,500 feet [= 2896 m]).” Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to “latitude 19-02°N, longitude 97-27°W.” GoogleMaps
Sorex orizabae was included in S. oreopolus as a subspecies until it was recognized recently as a distinct species. It is in the S. oreopolus group and subgenus Otisorex.
Monotypic.
Distribution. Michoacan, México, Distrito Federal, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Puebla, and Veracruz, SC Mexico. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 54-71 mm, tail 33-43 mm, hindfoot 12-14 mm; weight 6 g. The Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsum is grizzled brown (due to white banding on hairs), and venteris considerably lighter brown. Tail is ¢.60% of head-body length and bicolored, being brown above and lighter below. I, has three denticles, deep interdenticular spaces, pigment on two sections of tooth, 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 valleys bordering pine forests and talus slopes above tree line at elevations of 2060-4175 m. The Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew also occurs in secondary and disturbed habitats.
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 IUCN Red List. The Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew has no major threats but has a relatively restricted distribution. It is apparently tolerant to some degree of habitat modification.
Bibliography. Alvarez-Castaneda et al. (2017b), Carraway (2007, 2014i), Esteva et al. (2010).
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