Sumatran water shrew

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Sumatran water shrew [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Chimarrogale
Species:
C. sumatrana
Binomial name
Chimarrogale sumatrana
(Thomas, 1921)
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Sumatran water shrew range

The Sumatran water shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana) is a red-toothed shrew found only in the Padang highlands of western Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are streams in montane forests. The species is only known from a holotype, which is damaged, and was previously listed as critically endangered by IUCN. [2] It is believed to be severely threatened by habitat loss. [3]

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References

  1. Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Chiozza, F. (2016). "Chimarrogale sumatrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T4649A22282082. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4649A22282082.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. "Sumatran Water Shrew Chimarrogale sumatrana". EDGE of Existence programme . Retrieved 25 May 2014.