Crocidura hikmiya (Sinharaja shrew or Sri Lankan rain forest shrew) is a species of shrew described from the rainforests of Sri Lanka, based on both morphological and molecular data. Its closest sister species is the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew, another Sri Lankan crocidurine shrew restricted to the high-elevation habitats of the Central Highlands. C. hikmiya has a shorter tail than the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew. Most of the other characteristics that distinguish the two species are osteological natured .[2]
Crocidura hikmiya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. hikmiya
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Binomial name | |
Crocidura hikmiya Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda & Schneider, 2007
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Crocidura hikmiya range |
Etymology
editThe specific epithet hikmiya is Sinhala for ‘shrew’, applied here as a substantive in apposition. It is known as ශ්රී ලංකා සිංහරාජ කුනු හික් මීයා in Sinhala.
Habitat
editIt is known only from two forest-edge sites in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, at Kudawa and Morningside.
References
edit- ^ Meegaskumbura, S.; Meegaskumbura, M. (2008). "Crocidura hikmiya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136596A4316355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136596A4316355.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ S. H. Meegaskumbura; M. Meegaskumbura; K. Manamendra-Arachchi; R. Pethiyagoda; C. J. Schneider (2007). "Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1665: 19–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1665.1.2.
External links
edit- Wildlife Extra - A New Species of Shrew Described in Sri Lanka
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119382294