Sumatran water shrew

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

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. (2008). "Chimarrogale sumatrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. "Sumatran Water Shrew Chimarrogale sumatrana". EDGE of Existence programme. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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