Crocidura cinderella, Thomas, 1911

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Cinderella White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura cinderella

French: Crocidure cendrillon / German: Cinderella-Weil 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana cenicienta

Other common names: Cinderella Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura cinderella Thomas, 1911 ,

“ Gemenjulla , French Gambia [= Senegal].”

Taxonomic affinities of C. cinderella are uncertain, but it might be related to C. tarfayensis . Monotypic.

Distribution. S Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, N Burkina Faso, and W Niger.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 50-67 mm, tail 45-49 mm, ear 8-5 mm, hindfoot 11-12 mm; weight 5-6 g. The Cinderella White-toothed Shrew is very small, with short dense pelage. Dorsal pelage is brownish gray (hairs are dark gray on basal two-thirds, with pale cream or pale brown subterminal band and russet brown to pale brown tips); ventral pelage is pale gray (hairs are gray basally and white-tipped); and delineation occurs on lower flanks, particularly from shoulder to base of tail. Chin, throat, and chest are gray, and feet are white with transparent claws. Tail is ¢.70% of head-body length, hairy, and bicolored, being pale brown dorsally and white ventrally. Skull has flat dorsal roof, braincase is flat, rostrum is medium in length, I' are long and hooked, and M? is medium-sized. There are three unicuspids.

Habitat. Dry Acacia (Fabaceae) forest and a banana plantation. The Cinderella Whitetoothed Shrew seems to occur in Acacia bush and grassland 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 Cinderella White-toothed Shrew has a relatively wide distribution, with no major threats currently identified.

Bibliography. Heim de Balsac (1968c), Hutterer (1987, 2013h), Hutterer & Granjon (2016).

Figures

386. Nimba Giant White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura maombasilvanus), 387. Doucet’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura douceti), 388. West African White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura muricauda), 389. Lamotte’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura lamottei), 390. Greater Red White-toothed (Shrew Crociduraflavescens), 391. Lesser Red White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura hirta), 392. Heather White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura erica), 393. Blackish White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura nigricans), 394. Goliath White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura goliath), 395. Somali White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura somalica), 396. African Giant White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura olivieri), 397. Savanna Path White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura viaria), 398. Savanna White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura fulvastra), 399. Ugandan White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura mutesae), 400. Smallfooted White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura parvipes), 401. Cinderella White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura cinderella), 402. Voi White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura vor), 403. Yankari White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura yankariensis), 404. Kahuzi White-toothed Swamp Shrew (Crocidura stenocephala), 405. Tarella White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura tarella), 406. Jackson's White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura jacksoni), 407. Kivu Long-haired White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura lanosa), 408. Dramatic White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura ludia), 409. Long-tailed White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura dolichura), 410. Savanna White-toothed Swamp Shrew (Crocidura longipes), 411. Cameroon White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura picea), 412. Manenguba White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura manengubae), 413. Fisentraut’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura eisentraut), 414. Upemba White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura zimmer), 415. Misotshi-Kabogo White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura lwiroensis), 416. African Dusky White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura caliginea), 417. Congo White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura congobelgica), 418. Latona’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura latona), 419. Polia’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura polia), 420. Ansell’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura ansellorum), 421. Pitman’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura pitmani), 422. Makwassie White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura maquassiensis), 423. Turbo White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura turba)

Distribution. S Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, N Burkina Faso, and W Niger.