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Ugandan White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura mutesae

French: Crocidure de Kampala / German: Uganda-Weil 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Uganda

Other common names: Ugandan Musk Shrew, Ugandan Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura muesae Heller, 1910 ,

Kampala, Uganda.

Phylogenetic placement of C. mulesae is uncertain but based on 16s rRNA se- quences, it seems to be in the C. olivier: group and might be conspecific with C. olwiert. Monotypic.

Distribution. Recorded from SW Central African Republic, NW DR Congo, and SE Uganda .

Descriptive notes. Head-body 115 mm, tail 64 mm, hindfoot 16 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Ugandan White-toothed Shrew is a very large, with long pelage. Dorsal and ventral pelage is grayish. Feet are darker grayish, and hindfeet are long and broad. Tail is ¢.60-75% of head-body length, very hairy and covered with tightly packed long bristle hairs, and dark grayish. The Ugandan White-toothed Shrew is similar to the African Giant White-toothed Shrew ( C. olivieri ), but it is smaller and has less robust and smaller skull. There are three unicuspids.

Habitat. Areas with relatively low understories such as unlogged forest. Some Ugandan White-toothed Shrews have been collected in forests dominated by Gilbertiodendron dewevrei ( Fabaceae ).

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 Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Although the Ugandan White-toothed Shrew is known from only a few scattered localities, it does not seem to face any major threats.

Bibliography. Gerrie & Kennerley (2016t), Ray & Hutterer (1996, 2013e).

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. Recorded from SW Central African Republic, NW DR Congo, and SE Uganda .