Crocidura hikmiya

Crocidura hikmiya
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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
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

1. ^ S. Meegaskumbura & M. Meegaskumbura (2008). Crocidura hikmiya. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on January 31, 2010.
2. ^ 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01665p030f.pdf. 

External links

• Wildlife Extra - A New Species of Shrew Described in Sri Lanka