Crocidura cinderella Thomas 1911

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Cinderella White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura cinderella

French: Crocidure cendrillon / German: Cinderella-Weil3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana cenicienta

Other common names: Cinderella Shrew

Taxonomy. Crocidura cinderella Thomas, 1911,

“ Gemenjulla, French Gambia [= Senegal].”

Taxonomic affinities of C. cinderella are uncertain, but it might be related to C. tarfayensis. Monotypic.

Distribution. S Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, N Burkina Faso, and W Niger.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 50-67 mm, tail 45-49 mm, ear 8-5 mm, hindfoot 11-12 mm; weight 5-6 g. The Cinderella White-toothed Shrew is very small, with short dense pelage. Dorsal pelage is brownish gray (hairs are dark gray on basal two-thirds, with pale cream or pale brown subterminal band and russet brown to pale brown tips); ventral pelage is pale gray (hairs are gray basally and white-tipped); and delineation occurs on lower flanks, particularly from shoulder to base of tail. Chin, throat, and chest are gray, and feet are white with transparent claws. Tail is ¢.70% of head-body length, hairy, and bicolored, being pale brown dorsally and white ventrally. Skull has flat dorsal roof, braincase is flat, rostrum is medium in length, I' are long and hooked, and M? is medium-sized. There are three unicuspids.

Habitat. Dry Acacia (Fabaceae) forest and a banana plantation. The Cinderella Whitetoothed Shrew seems to occur in Acacia bush and grassland habitats.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Cinderella White-toothed Shrew has a relatively wide distribution, with no major threats currently identified.

Bibliography. Heim de Balsac (1968c), Hutterer (1987, 2013h), Hutterer & Granjon (2016).