Crocidura vosmaeri Jentink 1888
Creators: name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
name: Wilson, Don E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Soricomorpha
Soricidae
Crocidura
Crocidura vosmaeri

description: 233. Bangka White-toothed Shrew <i>Crocidura vosmaeri</i> <b>French:</b> Crocidure de Vosmaer / <b>German:</b> Bangka-\WeilRzahnspitzmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Musarana de Bangka <b>Other common names:</b> Bangka Shrew <b>Taxonomy.</b> Crocidura vosmaeri Jentink, 1888, Bangka Island, south-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. In the past this species has been treated as a possible young specimen of C. fuligi- nosa by P. D. Jenkins in 1982 or assigned to C. fuliginosa by R. Hutterer in 1993; but M. Ruedi in 1995 and Hutterer in 2005 considered it a distinct species, closely related to C. beccarii. Crocidura vosmaeri may represent the lowland counterpart of C. beccarii, in which case it could perhaps be treated as a subspecies; this hypothesis is supported by a recent phylogenetic study by T. C. Demos and others in 2016, in which C. vosmaer: appeared within a clade of Sumatran Crocidura, most closely related to C. beccarii, and more distantly related to C. lepidura, and C. hutanis. Monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from Bangka I, off SE Sumatra; perhaps also on opposite mainland of Sumatra. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head—body 61-65 mm, tail 37-53 mm, ear 6 mm, hindfoot 11-12 mm; weight 5-8-8-8 g. Condylo-incisive length 19-2-19-7 mm. The Bangka Whitetoothed Shrew is a small lowland shrew with very short pelage (2 mm) thatis beautiful velvet brownish black on the upperparts, and the same color on the underside, where the tips of the hairs have a lighter tinge. The short tail and feet are of similar color to that of the body. Tail has basally a few long hairs. External differences of the Bangka White-toothed Shrew and Beccari’s White-toothed Shrew (C. beccarii) are weak, the former possessing smaller feet and very short pelage. This last character may account for the preference of different habitats: the Bangka White-toothed Shrew is a lowland dweller whereas Beccari’s White-toothed Shrew lives in montane forests up to 2500 m. Skull measurements of the two species overlap in most variables. <b>Habitat.</b> Primary and secondary lowland forest. It is not known whether the Bangka White-toothed Shrew can adapt to anthropogenic habitats, such as plantations. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information. <b>Breeding.</b> No information. <b>Activity patterns.</b> No information. <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Surveys are needed on mainland Sumatra in order to establish the precise distribution ofthis species, as the Bangka White-toothed Shrew may occur more extensively than currently thought. Forest is being lost on Bangka as a result of logging and also expanding plantations, especially of oil palm, though it is not yet known whether or not this species can survive in these secondary habitats; mining also represents a major threat to habitats on Bangka. This species is not known from any protected areas. Further studies are needed on the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, reproduction and ecology ofthis species. In particular, it is important to determine whether or notit is a valid species. <b>Bibliography.</b> Demos et al. (2016), Gerrie &amp; Kennerley (2016i), Hutterer (1993, 2005b), Jenkins (1982), Jentink (1888), Ruedi (1995).
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 477-478, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6870843