Schoutedens big-headed shrew

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Schoutedens big-headed shrew
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Insect eater (Eulipotyphla)
Family : Shrews (Soricidae)
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genre : Congo eyelash shrews ( Paracrocidura )
Type : Schoutedens big-headed shrew
Scientific name
Paracrocidura schoutedeni
Heim de Balsac , 1956
The distribution area of ​​Schoutedens big-headed shrew

Schoutedens big- headed shrew ( Paracrocidura schoutedeni ), also known as the Congo-eyed shrew , occurs in tropical West Africa in the mainland part of Equatorial Guinea , Gabon, in Cameroon south of the Sanaga (but west to the Cameroon Mountain ) and in the north of the Republic of the Congo . An isolated population in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also known.

features

Schoutedens shrews are small animals with a short and dense coat of dark brown color. The head-body length is between 6.5 and 9 cm, the tail length between 3.3 and 3.8 cm. The mean weight is 7.3 grams. The muzzle is short and strong, the ears small and covered with short gray hair. The incisors have laterally flattened cutting edges. The hind feet are short and have hairless soles. The tail is thick and about half the length of the head and torso.

Way of life

Schoutedens big-headed shrew lives in different forest habitats and on forest edges up to heights of 950 meters above sea level. It is relatively common and represents 4 to 24% of all shrew individuals in its range. Females give birth to one to two young animals per litter.

The IUCN lists them as Least Concern .

literature

  • Justina C. Ray & Rainer Hutterer : Paracrocidura schoutedeni Schouteden's Large-Headed Shrew, page 166 in Meredith Happold and David Happold (eds.): Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9

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