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Crocidura miya Phillips 1929
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Crocidura miya Phillips 1929
Crocidura miya Phillips 1929, Spolia Zeylan., 15: 113.
Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Kandyan Hills, Nilambe Dist., Moolgama, 3,000 ft. (914 m).
Vernacular Names: Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew.
Distribution: Highlands of C Sri Lanka.
Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.
Discussion: A very distinctive species, resembling C. elongata of Sulawesi, or C. dolichura of Africa. Known by a handful of specimens; see Phillips (1980) for further information.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 240, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BFF703DCC4E4C98D20FE0AB477F0FE06 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F74763CEC9D1FB79619682CF3BD3B7CC (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231544854 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Phillips
- Species
- miya
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Crocidura miya Phillips, 1929 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Phillips, W. W. A. 1929. Two new rodents from the highlands of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, Sec. B., 15: 165168.
- Phillips, W. W. A. 1980 - 1984. Manual of the mammals of Sri Lanka. Second revised ed. Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, 1: 1 - 116 [1980]; 2: 117 - 267 [1980]; 3: 268 - 389 [1984].