Telford shrew
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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) .
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.
Web links
- Crocidura telfordi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Hutterer, R., 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2013.