Suncus fellowesgordoni
W. W. A. Phillips, 1932
Sri Lankan Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
Genus | : Suncus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Spolia Zeylan., vol. 17, 124
Original name as described
Suncus fellowes-gordoni
Other common names
Ceylon Pygmy Shrew · Gordon's Pygmy Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1932.6.11.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9f11b8c-71d7-4429-9035-7ee97ef6dde8Type locality
West Haputale Estate (6000 ft. [= 1829 m]), Ohiya, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Sri Lanka
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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