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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