Crocidura monticola

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List in view ofits occurrence in primary and secondary montane forests, but since (following taxonomic change) it is now restricted to Java, a heavily populated island with few remnants of intact habitat, its status may require reassessment. Mountain ranges in W Java where it occurs relatively commonly are well protected (e. g. Gede — Pangrango National Park or Mount Halimun Salak National Park), but favorable habitats in East Java (e. g. Mount [jen volcano) offer less protection.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 53 - 70 mm, tail 35 - 59 mm, ear 4 - 5 mm, hindfoot 10 - 13 mm; weight 3 - 4 - 6 - 3 g. The Sunda White-toothed Shrew is the smallest Crocidura from Sundaland, comparable in size only with the Sulawesi Tiny Whitetoothed Shrew (C. levicula) of Sulawesi. Dorsal pelage relatively short (less than 3: 5 mm) and gray-brown, but pelage much paler on venter, with whitish tips to the hairs. Ears and feet gray-brown. Tail slightly shorter than head-body length, covered with short applied hairs hiding the scales, and with long, translucent bristles along half of its length. The slightly larger Javan Ghost White-toothed Shrew (C. umbra) and with other small white-toothed shrews, have much more hairytails, and have browner pelage. Skull smaller (length less than 17 - 5 mm) with relatively narrower braincase (less than 8 mm) and rostrum (greater than 2: 2 mm) than any other Javan shrew.

Sumber: Soricidae