Crocidura greenwoodae, Heim de Balsac, 1966
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Greenwood’s White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Greenwood / German: Greenwood-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Greenwood
Other common names: Greenwood’s Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura greenwoodi [sic] Heim de Balsa, 1966 View in CoL ,
Gelib , Somalia.
Widely used species name greenwood: has been changed as the species was named after Mrs. [Marjorie] Greenwood and according to the article 31.1.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature the ending “ae” is mandatory for a name honoring a woman. Seems to be closely related to C. fulvastra and C. hirta , based on their same karyotype, although
detailed molecular studies are needed. Monotypic.
Distribution. Recorded only from two localities in S Somalia. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 71 mm, tail 51 mm, hindfoot 13 mm (one specimen). No specific data are available for body weight. Greenwood’s White-toothed Shrew is a medium-sized shrew. Dorsal pelage is gray, tinged with brown, and ventrum is whitish with basally gray hairs. Feet are grayish. Tail is long (c.72% of head-body length), thick, grayish, and covered in long bristle hairs. Braincase is broad and flattened; the second and third unicuspids are subequal in size; M? is medium in size; talonid of M, with a talonid basin and small or absent entoconid. There are three unicuspids. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 50, FN = 66.
Habitat. Recorded from gallery forest, savanna, arid bush, and cultivated land.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. Greenwood’s White-toothed Shrews are terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Greenwood’s White-toothed Shrew is apparently locally common but known from few specimens with no identified major threats, although Somalia is a very unstable country, which limits the knowledge available for this species.
Bibliography. Heim de Balsac & Meester (1977), Hutterer (2016b), Jenkins & Churchfield (2013d), Schlitter et al. (1999).
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