Crocidura rhoditis

Habitat. Tropical, mostly humid and mossy primary forests in lowlands and mountains at elevations of 200 - 3000 m. Records suggest that the Temboan White-toothed Shrew can adapt to secondary forests. Ability to adapt to human structures outside forests is unknown.

Sumber: Soricidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Sumber: Soricidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Temboan White-toothed Shrew is widespread and likely occurs in protected areas. Its population is presumably large and relatively stable. It does not appear to be subject to any major adverse effects at present. In lowlands, deforestation, conversion to agricultural land, and man-made fires could pose threats if it cannot adapt to resulting habitats.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 84 - 88 mm, tail 69 - 74 mm, hindfoot 16 - 1 - 16 - 8 mm; weight 11: 6 - 13 - 2 g. The Temboan White-toothed Shrew is one of the larger species of shrews in Sulawesi. Dorsal pelage is dark grayish or reddish brown. Fur is dense and soft, except around nose. Ventral pelage is lighter, mixed with pale cinnamon brown. Tail is dark brown, with white tip, and it is covered with very small hairs. There are some long light-colored bristle hairs on basal one-halfof tail. Forefeet and hindfeet are whitish to pinkish; uppersides are lighter than footpads. Skull is larger than that of the Black-footed White-toothed Shrew (C. nigripes), and rostrum is relatively heavy. Profile of skull is flat and not as spherical as that of the Mossy Forest White-toothed Shrew (C. mussert). Posterior part of palate is broader, and interorbital narrowing in the Temboan White-toothed Shrew is farther back than in other species. Greatest skull lengths are 22 - 7 - 23 - 6 mm. Third upper unicuspid is bigger than second. Karyotype is 2 n = 30.

Sumber: Soricidae

Distribution. N, C & SW Sulawesi.

Sumber: Soricidae

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Sumber: Order Soricomorpha