Telford shrew

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Telford shrew
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Insect eater (Eulipotyphla)
Family : Shrews (Soricidae)
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genre : White-toothed shrews ( Crocidura )
Type : Telford shrew
Scientific name
Crocidura telfordi
Hutterer , 1986

The Telford shrew ( Crocidura telfordi ) is a species of shrew from the genus of the white-toothed shrew ( Crocidura ). It occurs in the Uluguru Mountains and the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania . The species name refers to Dr. Sam Telford, who discovered both this species and the Tanzanian shrew ( Crocidura tansaniana) .

Distribution map of the Telford shrew

features

The Telford shrew belongs to the species complex of the Kilimanjaro shrew ( Crocidura monax) , which consists of twelve other African species. It is a large, robust shrew (the largest within the Crocidura monax species complex) with a flat, broad skull and a small third molar (M3). The fur is dark brown in color. The head-torso length of the holotype is 107 mm, the tail length 90 mm, the hind foot length 19 mm, the ear length 11 mm and the approximate weight 18 g.

literature

  • Rainer Hutterer : Diagnoses of new shrews from Tanzania (Mammalia: Soricidae). In: Bonn zoological contributions. Vol. 37, No. 1, ISSN  0006-7172 , pp. 23-33, online, (PDF; 3.7 MB) .
  • Rainer Hutterer: Order Soricomorpha. In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. Volume 1. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 , pp. 220-311.

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