Chimarrogale sumatrana

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Sumber: Order Soricomorpha

Distribution: Streams in tropical forest of Sumatra.

Sumber: Order Soricomorpha

Habitat. Presumably streams in montane forests at elevations of 500 - 1600 m.

Sumber: Soricidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Sumatran Water Shrew creates burrows, with the entrance usually located within the stream.

Sumber: Soricidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Additional research is needed to understand ecology and conservation status of the Sumatran Water Shrew.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 112 - 115 mm, tail 90 - 95 mm, hindfoot 20 - 25 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Condylo-incisive lengths are 14 - 1 - 14 - 2 mm, and tooth rows are 13 - 13 - 4 mm. The Sumatran Water Shrew is known from two specimens. Fur is similar to the other species of Chimarrogale but lighter. Dorsal pelage is sooty gray and gradually becomes paler on venter. Guard hair piles on rump. Tail is uniformly dark brown, and underpart is covered with brown hair. Skull is similar to that of the Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) exceptit is larger and heavier. Medial tines of upper incisors are well developed so that apexes are separated, and talons (posterior cusp) of these teeth are well developed. Cusps of teeth are unpigmented. There are three upper unicuspids.

Sumber: Soricidae