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

description: 251. Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew <i>Crocidura fuliginosa</i> <b>French:</b> Crocidure fuligineuse / <b>German:</b> Studostasien-Weil3zahnspitzmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Musarana de Asia suroriental <b>Other common names:</b> Southeast Asian Shrew <b>Taxonomy.</b> Sorex fuliginosus Blyth, 1855, “ Schwe Gyen, Pegu [= Bago],” southern Myanmar. Previously considered to include C. bal- uensis, C. dracula, and C. malayana as races or even synonyms. Considering its broad distribution and the morphological similarity among recognized Crocidura species in this group, this species might still include some hitherto undescribed species. Whether individuals from southern Vietnam and the Malay Peninsula are conspecific with those from the type locality in Myanmar has not been tested. Includes gravida as a synonym. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Widely distributed in South-east Asia (Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, S Vietnam, and Peninsular Malaysia, including offshore islands). Distribution boundary between this species and the Large White-toothed Shrew (C. dracula), especially in Myanmar or whether their distributions overlapped,is not clear. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 75-95 mm, tail 65-84 mm, hindfoot 15-5-17 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Condylo-incisive length 21-4-24 mm, tooth row 9-3-10-9 mm. The Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew is a large shrew with a long tail. Skull is robust and braincase is low. It is similar to the Large White-toothed Shrew but slight smaller. Rostrum and palate are relatively narrow; there is a rectangular base of palate between pterygoid processes. Mesostyle of the upper M? is bifid. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 40 and FN = 54-58. <b>Habitat.</b> Found in a wide variety of habitats including primary and degraded tropical moist forest, open disturbed areas, and possibly some drier habitats. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> The Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew is insectivorous. Individuals were baited with a mixture of oats, sardine oil, and meat. <b>Breeding.</b> During a one-month breeding experiment, five female animals gave birth to 1-4 young each. <b>Activity patterns.</b> Terrestrial. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Excluding the distribution of the Large White-toothed Shrew, the remaining populations of the Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew still have an extensive distribution and occupy a wide variety of habitats. The Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew is probably tolerant of anthropic activities, and the population may not be declining. <b>Bibliography.</b> Abramov et al. (2013), Bannikova et al. (2011), Jenkins (1976, 2013), Jenkins et al. (2009), Ruedi (1995), Ruedi et al. (1990).
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 483-484, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6870843