Crocidura parvipes, Osgood, 1910

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Smallfooted White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura parvipes

French: Crocidure a pattes courtes / German: Kleinful 3-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de pies pequenos

Other common names: Small-footed Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura parvipes Osgood, 1910 ,

Voi , British East Africa (= Kenya).

Crocidura parvipes is considerably variable and might represent 4-5 distinct species. Its phylogenetic position is uncertain, although one genetic study placed it close to C. olwieri, C. hirta , and C. flavescens . Monotypic.

Distribution. Distribution is still rather unknown as there are few widely scattered specimens from Cameroon, Central African Republic, and S South Sudan S to Angola, Zambia, and N Tanzania; largest continual portion of the distribution is in East Africa from S South Sudan to N Tanzania.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 68-85 mm, tail 32-52 mm, ear 5-10 mm, hindfoot 10-13 mm; weight 8-12 g. The Small-footed White-toothed Shrew is mediumsized, with soft, dense, and silky sheened pelage. Dorsal pelage is medium brown, washed with pale brownish gray (hairs are medium gray on basal two-thirds, with pale brownish gray subterminal band and brown tips), and ventral pelage is creamy white and sometimes silvery white (hairs are gray with creamy gray tips); sharp delineation between venter and dorsum is evident. Flank gland is elongated and covered with short white hairs on each side of body. Ears are large, and feet are flesh-colored and covered with short pale brown or creamy hairs. Hindfeet are relatively short. Tail is ¢.45-60% of head-body length, thicker at base and tapering toward tip, hairy, and bicolored, being medium brown above and paler below. [' are moderately long and slightly hooked; M? is medium-sized to narrow. There are three unicuspids. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 52 and FN = 66 (Cameroon) and 2n = 50 (Ethiopia).

Habitat. Primarily dry savanna. There are records of Small-footed White-toothed Shrews from gallery forests.

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. There are few scattered records of Smallfooted White-toothed Shrew throughout central and eastern Africa over a very wide distribution. Although it is rarely collected, it does not seem to have any major threats.

Bibliography. Aggundey & Schlitter (1986), Bannikova et al. (2005), Burgess et al. (2000), Heim de Balsac & Meester (1977), Hutterer (2013s), Hutterer, Baxter & Howell (2016), Lavrenchenko et al. (2009), Setzer (1956), Thorn et al. (2009), Yalden et al. (1996).

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. Distribution is still rather unknown as there are few widely scattered specimens from Cameroon, Central African Republic, and S South Sudan S to Angola, Zambia, and N Tanzania; largest continual portion of the distribution is in East Africa from S South Sudan to N Tanzania.