Crocidura brunnea

DISTRIBUTION: Java; Sumatra; Moluccas; Sulawesi.

Sumber: Order Insectivora

Habitat. The Thick-tailed White-toothed Shrew is predominantly a lowland species found from near sea level up to 1500 m; most habitats in the plains are now heavily modified by humans, and recentsightings report it at altitudes of 700 - 1600 m. At medium altitudes of ¢. 1500 m, can be found in sympatry with the similar-sized Oriental White-toothed Shrew, but otherwise they are segregated by altitude.

Sumber: Soricidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Thick-tailed White-toothed Shrew can be relatively common in semi-montane habitats where it co-occurs with a range of other terrestrial insectivores, but no precise data are available.

Sumber: Soricidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List in view of its occurrence in all kinds of forest, and secondary habitats with dense ground vegetation such as gardens. Now possibly extirpated from the lowlands ofJava by intensive anthropic modifications of habitats. Its current distribution might therefore be considerably reduced, and new information on status of lowland populations is needed. The Thick-tailed White-toothed Shrew occurs in protected areas such as Mount Gede, Mount Salak, or Mount Slamet.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 72 - 104 mm, tail 42 - 67 mm, ear 7 - 10 mm, hindfoot 13 - 5 - 17 mm; weight 13 - 17 g. Medium-sized shrew with dark brown pelage, almost black close to the hair bases but more reddish-brown toward the tips. Lower parts somewhat paler with more pronounced brownish tinge. Tail rather short (clearly shorter than head-body length) and hairy, with numerous bristles appearing along its proximal third. Tail shape conical (enlarged base tapering toward tip), reminiscent of that of the Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus) but unlike the cylindricaltail of other similarsized Crocidura. Race pudjonica is slightly smaller than nominate. Chromosomal complement has 2 n = 38 and FN = 56, with submetacentric X and acrocentric Y chromosomes. Chromosomal complement very similar to those of most other Crocidura from the Sunda Shelf, including the Oriental White-toothed Shrew (C. orientalis).

Sumber: Soricidae