Crocidura rhoditis G. S. Miller &amp; Hollister 1921
Creators: name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
name: Wilson, Don E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Soricomorpha
Soricidae
Crocidura
Crocidura rhoditis

description: 291. Temboan White-toothed Shrew <i>Crocidura rhoditis</i> <b>French:</b> Crocidure rosée / <b>German:</b> Temboan-Weifizahnspitzmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Musarana de Temboan <b>Other common names:</b> Sulawesi White-handed Shrew, Temboan Shrew <b>Taxonomy.</b> Crocidura rhoditis G. S. Miller &amp; Hollister, 1921, Temboan, north-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. O. Koller in 1929 considered rhoditis syn- onymous with orientalis, but G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill in 1992 and R. Hutterer in 2005 among others recognized rhoditis as a full species of Crocidura. Several molecular biological studies supported this rank and showed that rhoditis is part of a clade of “Old Sulawesian” shrew taxa that also includes C. elongata, C. lea, C. levicula, and C. musseri. G. G. Musser in 1987 identified a subfossil part of a leftjaw of a shrew found during an archaeological expedition at Batu Edjaja as C. rhoditis. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> N, C &amp; SW Sulawesi. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 84-88 mm, tail 69-74 mm, hindfoot 16-1-16-8 mm; weight 11:6-13-2 g. The Temboan White-toothed Shrew is one of the larger species of shrews in Sulawesi. Dorsal pelage is dark grayish or reddish brown. Fur is dense and soft, except around nose. Ventral pelage is lighter, mixed with pale cinnamon brown. Tail is dark brown, with white tip, and it is covered with very small hairs. There are some long light-colored bristle hairs on basal one-halfof tail. Forefeet and hindfeet are whitish to pinkish; uppersides are lighter than footpads. Skull is larger than that of the Black-footed White-toothed Shrew (C. nigripes), and rostrum is relatively heavy. Profile of skull is flat and not as spherical as that of the Mossy Forest White-toothed Shrew (C. mussert). Posterior part of palate is broader, and interorbital narrowing in the Temboan White-toothed Shrew is farther back than in other species. Greatest skull lengths are 22-7-23-6 mm. Third upper unicuspid is bigger than second. Karyotype is 2n = 30. <b>Habitat.</b> Tropical, mostly humid and mossy primary forests in lowlands and mountains at elevations of 200-3000 m. Records suggest that the Temboan White-toothed Shrew can adapt to secondary forests. Ability to adapt to human structures outside forests is unknown. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> The Temboan White-toothed Shrew eats invertebrates, but detailed data are not available. <b>Breeding.</b> No information. <b>Activity patterns.</b> Based on field observations and captures, the Temboan Whitetoothed Shrew is mainly nocturnal, but two individuals were captured during the day. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Temboan White-toothed Shrew is widespread and likely occurs in protected areas. Its population is presumably large and relatively stable. It does not appear to be subject to any major adverse effects at present. In lowlands, deforestation, conversion to agricultural land, and man-made fires could pose threats if it cannot adapt to resulting habitats. <b>Bibliography.</b> Cassola (2016ad), Corbet &amp; Hill (1992), Dubey, Salamin et al. (2008), Esselstyn &amp; Brown (2009), Hutterer (2005b), Koller (1929), Miller &amp; Hollister (1921), Motokawa et al. (2005), Mulvaney &amp; Soejono (1970), Musser (1987), Ruedi (1995, 1996), Ruedi &amp; Vogel (1995), Ruedi et al. (1998), Stone (1995b).
description: Published as part of <i>Russell A. Mittermeier &amp; Don E. Wilson, 2018, Soricidae, pp. 332-551 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on pages 498-499, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6870843