Crocidura hikmiya
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| Crocidura hikmiya | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. hikmiya |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura hikmiya Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda & Schneider, 2007 | |
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| Crocidura hikmiya range | |
Crocidura hikmiya is a species of shrew that was recently (2007) described from the rainforests of Sri Lanka, based on both morphological and molecular data. Its closest sister species is the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew, another Sri Lankan crocidurine shrew that is restricted to the high-elevation habitats of the Central Highlands. C. hikmiya has a shorter tail than the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew; most of the other characteristics that distinguish the two species are osteological in nature .[2]
References
- ↑ S. Meegaskumbura & M. Meegaskumbura (2008). Crocidura hikmiya. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ↑ S. H. Meegaskumbura, M. Meegaskumbura, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, R. Pethiyagoda & C. J. Schneider (2007). "Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka". Zootaxa 1665: 19–30.
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