Harenna shrew

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Harenna shrew
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Insect eater (Eulipotyphla)
Family : Shrews (Soricidae)
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genre : White-toothed shrews ( Crocidura )
Type : Harenna shrew
Scientific name
Crocidura harenna
Hutterer & Yalden , 1990

The Harenna shrew ( Crocidura harenna ) is a shrew from the genus of the white-toothed shrew (Crocidura), which occurs only in the forest of Harenna in the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia . A specimen from Illubator found at 1,500 m above sea level represents either this species or a related species. The Harenna shrew is closely related to the Guramba shrew ( Crocidura phaeura) , another endemic species from Ethiopia. The range of this species has an area of ​​about 4 km².

features

The Harenna shrew has soft, dense, gray fur. The back hair is 4.5 mm long. The relatively short black is covered with long bristle hairs. The skull is similar to that of the Niobe shrew ( Crocidura niobe) . The head-torso length is 65 to 76 mm, the tail length 44 to 48 mm, the hind foot length 12.5 to 14 mm, the ear length 8 to 9 mm and the weight about 7 to 11.5 g. The karyotype is 2n = 36, F = 50.

status

Due to the very limited habitat and the destruction of the habitat, it is threatened with extinction.

literature

  • Rainer Hutterer , Derek W. Yalden: Two new species of shrew from a relic forest in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. In: Gustav Peters, Rainer Hutterer (eds.): Vertebrates in the tropics. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Vertebrate Biogeography and Systematics in the Tropics, Bonn, June 5-8, 1989. Zoological Research Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-925382-32-1 , pp. 63-71.
  • Rainer Hutterer: Order Soricomorpha. In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , pp. 220-311.

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