Crocidura umbra

Demos, A. S. Achmadi, Handika, Maharadatunkamsi, K. C. Rowe, & Esselstyn, 2016

Javan Ghost 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

Demos, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Handika, H., Maharadatunkamsi, Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2016-12-09. A new species of shrew (Soricomorpha: Crocidura) from Java, Indonesia: possible character displacement despite interspecific gene flow. Journal of Mammalogy 98(1):183-193.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw183

Original name as described

Crocidura umbra

Other common names

Javan Ghost Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:212783

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Indonesia, West Java, Mt. Gede, Cibodas, 6.74818°S, 106.99388°E, 1,611 m elevation."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Demos, T. C., Achmadi, A. S., Handika, H., Rowe, K. C., & Esselstyn, J. A. (2017). A new species of shrew (Soricomorpha: Crocidura) from Java, Indonesia: possible character displacement despite interspecific gene flow. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(1), 183-193.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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