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.1665.1.2

Original 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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