Feroculus feroculus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Feroculus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kelaart, E.F. 1850b. Description of new species and varieties of mammals found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2: 208–215 (321-328 in reprint of 1890)

Original name as described

Sorex feroculus

Other common names

Kelaart's Shrew

Type locality

Nuwara Eliya, central mountains at 6000 ft. (= 1829 m), Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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