Suncus montanus
(Kelaart, 1850)
Sri Lankan Highland 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
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 montanus
Other common names
Asian Highland Shrew · Black Shrew-mouse · Hill Shrew
Type locality
Pidurutalagala, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. niger
Taxonomy notes citation
Meegaskymbura, S., Schneider, C.J. 2008. A taxonomic evaluation of the shew Suncus montanus (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) of Sri Lanka in India. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 37(2): 129-136.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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