Kinabalu shrew
| Kinabalu shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. baluensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura baluensis Thomas,1898
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| Kinabalu shrew range | |
TheKinabalu shrew(Crocidura baluensis) is a species in the familySoricidae.[1][2]It isendemicto the mountainMount KinabaluonBorneo,and its sister peak,Mount Tambuyukon.[3][4][5]
Despite its resemblance in external morphology with the mountain shrewC. lepidura(Sumatra), multilocus phylogenies reveal a recent divergence ofC. baluensisfrom the Sabahan lineage of theBornean shrew,C. foetida sensu lato.The latter inhabits the lower slopes in Kinabalu, up to around 1500 masl, where it is replaced byC. baluensis.The larger size and longer hair ofC. baluensisrespect to the lowlandC. foetida sensu latoseems related to adaptation to the colder mountain conditions. Future sampling at mid-elevations in Kinabalu will be required to address whether this closely related lowland lineage represents a distinct species or ifCrocidura baluensisshould be redefined to include these lowland Sabahan populations[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The Kinabalu shrew is native to Mount Kinabalu, where it inhabitsmontane rain forest(aka cloud forest) and higher-elevationsubalpine shrublands and alpine meadowsfrom 1,600 to 3,700 meters elevation. It is found in primary forests, degraded and secondary forests, and scrubland.[2]
It is also found in montane grasslands in theKelabit Highlandsabove 1000 meters elevation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
- ^abcdClayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2016)."Crocidura baluensis".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T136726A22300422.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136726A22300422.en.Retrieved11 November2021.
- ^"Kinabalu Park".www.sabah.edu.my.
- ^"Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Birds, Ecology, Mountain and Flower".Archived fromthe originalon 13 December 2013.Retrieved18 May2010.
- ^Camacho-Sanchez M, Hawkins MTR*, Tuh Yit Yuh F, Maldonado JE, Leonard JA. 2019. Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains. PeerJ 7:e7858https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7858
- ^Arlo Hinckley, Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Manuel Ruedi, Melissa T R Hawkins, Madeleine Mullon, Anna Cornellas, Fred Tuh Yit Yuh, Jennifer A Leonard, Evolutionary history of Sundaland shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Crocidura) with a focus on Borneo, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021,https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab045
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