Suncus stoliczkanus
Creators: name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
name: Wilson, Don E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Soricomorpha
Soricidae
Suncus
Suncus stoliczkanus

description: 193. Anderson’s Shrew <i>Suncus stoliczkanus</i> <b>French:</b> Pachyure d Anderson / <b>German:</b> Stoliczka-\Wimperspitzmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Musarana de Anderson <b>Other common names:</b> Yellow-throated Shrew <b>Taxonomy.</b> Crocidura (P[achyura].) stoliczkana J. Anderson, 1877, Bombay [= Mum- bai], India. S. Dubey and colleagues in 2008, in their analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, showed that samples of S. stolicz- kanus from Nepal formed a clade with S. niger (under the name of S. montanus), which wassister to S. murinus and that this clade was distinct from S. day:i. In their study of mitochondrial genes, S. Meegas- kumbura and C. J. Schneider in 2008 found that S. stoliczkanus from Nepal and S. niger from southern India were sister species and separate from a clade of S. montanus from Sri Lanka and S. murinus. S. D. Ohdachi and colleagues in 2016 also showed that S. stoliczkanus wassister to the S. murinus / S. montanus complex. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Widespread but recorded from relatively few locations in Pakistan, India, and Nepal. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 50-85 mm, tail 32-55 mm, ear 6-12 mm, hindfoot 9-15 mm; weight 8-15 g. Pelage of Anderson’s Shrew is short, dense, soft, and variable in color; dorsum is pale silvery gray, often with rufous wash; and venter is buffy or grayish brown, slightly paler than dorsum. Pelage color varies somewhat depending on location, being paler in mesic regions. Tail is 51-95% of head-body length, with scattering of long pale bristle hairs overits length. <b>Habitat.</b> Various habitats including arid country, plains, grasslands, and open forests interspersed with scrub, near water courses, paddy fields, riverine areas, and gardens, at elevations up to 500 m. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information. <b>Breeding.</b> A lactating Anderson’s Shrew was caught in Sindh in January, and breeding might occur during all but the coldest months of the year. <b>Activity patterns.</b> Anderson’s Shrews are assumed to be nocturnal but might be active intermittently day and night. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Anderson's Shrew has been recorded from few locations but over a wide distribution. It occurs in several protected areas. It appears to tolerate some habitat disturbance but might be locally threatened by anthropogenic activities. <b>Bibliography.</b> Corbet &amp; Hill (1992), Dubey, Salamin et al. (2008), Hutterer (2005b), Jenkins (2013), Meegaskumbura &amp; Schneider (2008), Molur (2016a), Molur et al. (2005), Ohdachi et al. (2016), Pradhan (2009), Roberts (1997).
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 page 463, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6870843