Crocidura maxi

Habitat. Altitudinal range 1000 - 1440 m in Java; from sea level to lower montane forests at 1300 m in the Lesser Sundas. The Javan White-toothed Shrew occurs in a wide range of habitats from grassland and, gardens to lowland riparian or gully rainforest.

Sumber: Soricidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Sumber: Soricidae

Status and Conservation. Considered of Least concern on The IUCN Red List in view of its occurrence in primary forests but also in more disturbed habitats, including gardens, and its widespread distribution. Current status of populations living in the lowlands unknown, butlikely to be negatively affected by widespread deforestation and other anthropogenic changes in the region. Populations living at higher elevations — e. g. on Mount [jen or on Flores — are probably less vulnerable to human interference, butstill live outside well protected areas.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 54 - 75 mm, tail 44 - 53 mm, ear 5 - 5 - 9 - 6 mm, hindfoot 12 - 14 mm; weight 4 - 3 - 6 - 9 g. Populations on Flores and Alor are slightly larger and dimorphic, males being larger than females. Distinguished from the small-bodied but allopatric Javan Ghost White-toothed Shrew by gray dorsal and much paler (whitish) ventral pelage, but otherwise similar in external and skull proportions. The Sunda White-toothed Shrew (C. monticola) is smaller, especially for skull dimensions, while all other shrews from Java are larger than the Javan White-toothed Shrew. The Javan White-toothed Shrew and the Sunda White-toothed Shrew occur sympatrically in East Java (Mount Ijen) without any signs of interbreeding. Tail slightly shorter than head-body length, hairy, with dense applied hairs hiding scales, and long bristles present along its proximal half. Skull dimensions larger than those of the Sunda Whitetoothed Shrew, but similar to the allopatrically distributed Javan Ghost White-toothed Shrew. Other, potentially sympatric Crocidura shrews distributed in East Java and the Lesser Sundas are all much larger.

Sumber: Soricidae

Distribution. C & E Java and Lesser Sunda Is (Bali, Sumbawa, Komodo, Sumba, Flores, Alor, Timor, and Roti); also on Ambon (Moluccas), Kai Besar (Kai Is), and Wokam (Aru Is). The only extant shrew distributed on the Sahul Shelf but it is unclear whether its marginal occurrence is natural or was aided by passive human transportation.

Sumber: Soricidae

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Sumber: Order Soricomorpha