COMPARISONS: Crocidura normalis is smaller than all members of the Long-Tailed, Thick- Tailed, and Rhoditis groups, and larger than all members of the Small-Bodied Group. As the smallest member of the Ordinary Group, C. normalis is only slightly larger than C. mediocris (the largest member of the Small-Bodied Group). It differs from C. mediocris in having a darker, denser pelage (individual hairs approximately 5 mm at middorsum) and longer tail both absolutely and relative to HBL (fig. 9). Within the Ordinary Group, C. musseri has a wider braincase relative to skull length, more robust body (fig. 17), longer rostrum relative to skull length (fig. 10), and paler feet than C. normalis. Crocidura nigripes has a short tail, like that of C. normalis, but is substantially larger, usually has darker feet, and the skull of C. nigripes shows a more prominent dentition, longer rostrum, and narrower interorbital region relative to skull length (fig. 10). Crocidura ordinaria and C. solita are slightly larger than C. normalis, have longer tails, both absolutely and relative to HBL, have hypothenar pads larger than thenar pads, and have greater relative rostral lengths (RL / CIL), braincase breadths (BB / CIL), and interorbital widths (IOW / CIL) (fig. 10).
Sumber: Fourteen New, Endemic Species Of Shrew (Genus Crocidura) From Sulawesi Reveal A Spectacular Island Radiation