Crocidura hikmiya
S. Meegaskumbura, M. Meegaskumbura, Pethiyagoda, Manamendra-Arachchi, & C. J. Schneider, 2007
Sinharaja White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura, M., Pethiyagoda, R., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. and Schneider, C.J. 2007-12-19. _Crocidura hikmiya_, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1665:19-30.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1665.1.2Original name as described
Crocidura hikmiya
Other common names
Sinharaja Shrew
Type material
WHT 6845
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kudawa, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka, 06° 26'N 80° 25'E, 460 m."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura, M., Pethiyagoda, R., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., & Schneider, C. J. (2007). Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 1665(1), 19-30.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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