Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mindoro Shrew
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
There is little known about the habitat
and ecology of this species.
On Mindoro the three specimens were collected in high elevation
primary
forest
and on Sibuyan, the six individuals were collected in lowland
to low montane
forest.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Soricidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Crocidurinae
()
- Genus:
Crocidura
()
- Wagler, 1832
- Specific name:
mindorus
- Miller, 1910
- Scientific name: - Crocidura mindorus Miller, 1910
- Specific name:
mindorus
- Miller, 1910
- Genus:
Crocidura
(
- Subfamily:
Crocidurinae
(
- Family:
Soricidae
(
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
There is need for taxonomic
research on this species. Animals from
Sibuyan are morphologically distinct
from the individuals from Mindoro
and may represent a different species (L. Heaney pers. comm.
). (Ref.
265980).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Crocidura
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 184 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
C. aleksandrisi (Alexandrian Shrew) · C. allex (East African Highland Shrew) · C. andamanensis (Andaman White-Toothed Shrew) · C. ansellorum (Ansell's Shrew) · C. arabica (Arabian White-Toothed Shrew) · C. arispa (Jackass Shrew) · C. armenica (Armeniyan Shrew) · C. attenuata (Grey Shrew) · C. attila (Hun Shrew) · C. baileyi (Bailey's Shrew) · C. baluensis (Kinabalu Shrew) · C. batesi (Bates' Shrew) · C. beatus (Mindanao Shrew) · C. beccarii (Beccari's Shrew) · C. bottegi (Bottego's Pygmy Shrew) · C. bottegoides (Tricolored Pygmy Shrew) · C. brunnea (Thick-Tailed Shrew) · C. buettikoferi (Büttikofer's Forest Shrew) · C. caliginea (African Foggy Shrew) · C. canariensis (Canarian Shrew) · C. caspica (Caspian Shrew) · C. cinderella (Cinderella's Shrew) · C. congobelgica (Congo White-Toothed Shrew) · C. cossyrensis (Pantellerian Shrew) · C. crenata (Long-Footed Shrew) · C. crossei (Crosse's Musk Shrew) · C. cyanea (Reddish-Grey Musk Shrew) · C. denti (Dent's Shrew) · C. desperata (Desperate Shrew) · C. dhofarensis (Dhofarian Shrew) · C. dolichura (African Long-Tailed Shrew) · C. douceti (Doucet's Musk Shrew) · C. dsinezumi (Japanese White-Toothed Shrew) · C. eisentrauti (Eisentraut's Shrew) · C. elgonius (Mount Elgon Shrew) · C. elongata (Sulawesi Long-Tailed Shrew) · C. erica (Heather Shrew) · C. fischeri (Fischer's Shrew) · C. flavescens (South African Giant Shrew) · C. floweri (Flower's Shrew) · C. foetida (Bornean Shrew) · C. foxi (Fox's Shrew) · C. fuliginosa (Southeast Asian White-Toothed Shrew) · C. fuliginosa fuliginosa (Southeast Asian Shrew) · C. fulvastra (Savanna Shrew) · C. fumosa (Smoky White-Toothed Shrew) · C. fuscomurina (Bicolored Musk Shrew) · C. glassi (Glass's Shrew) · C. gmelini (Gmelin's White-Toothed Shrew) · C. goliath (Giant Forest Shrew) · C. gracilipes (Peters's Musk Shrew) · C. grandiceps (Large-Headed Forest Shrew) · C. grandis (Greater Mindanao Shrew) · C. grassei (Grasse's Shrew) · C. grasseide (Grasse's Shrew) · C. grayi (Luzon Shrew) · C. greenwoodi (Greenwood's Shrew) · C. gueldenstaedtii (Gueldenstaedt's Shrew) · C. harenna (Harenna Shrew) · C. hildegardeae (Hildegarde's Shrew) · C. hilliana (Hill's Shrew) · C. hirta (Lesser Red Musk Shrew) · C. hispida (Andaman Spiny Shrew) · C. horsfieldii (Horsefield's Shrew) · C. horsfieldii horsfieldii (Horsfield's Shrew) · C. hutanis (Hutan Shrew) · C. ichnusae (North African White-Toothed Shrew) · C. indochinensis (Indochinese Shrew) · C. jacksoni (Jackson's Shrew) · C. jenkinsi (Jenkins Andaman Spiny Shrew) · C. jouvenetae (Jouvenet's Shrew) · C. katinka (Katinka's Shrew) · C. kivuana (Kivu Shrew) · C. lamottei (Lamotte's Shrew) · C. lanosa (Long-Haired Kivu Shrew) · C. lasiura (Ussuri White-Toothed Shrew) · C. latona (Latona's Shrew) · C. lea (Sulawesi Shrew) · C. lepidura (Sumatran Giant Shrew) · C. leucodon (Bicoloured White-Toothed Shrew) · C. leucodon leucodon (Bicoloured White-Toothed Shrew) · C. levicula (Sulawesi Tiny Shrew) · C. littoralis (Butiaba Naked-Tailed Shrew) · C. longipes (Savanna Swamp Shrew) · C. lucina (Morrland Shrew) · C. ludia (Dramatic Shrew) · C. luna (Greater Gray-Brown Musk Shrew) · C. lusitania (Mauritanian Shrew) · C. macarthuri (MacArthur's Shrew) · C. macmillani (MacMillan's Shrew) · C. macowi (Macow's Shrew) · C. malayana (Malayan White-Toothed Shrew) · C. manengubae (Manenguba Shrew) · C. maquassiensis (Maquassie Musk Shrew) · C. mariquensis (Swamp Musk Shrew) · C. maurisca (Gracile Naked-Tailed Shrew) · C. maxi (Javanese Shrew) · C. mindorus (Mindoro Shrew) · C. minuta (Minute Shrew) · C. miya (Sri Lankan Long-Tailed Shrew)
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Further Reading
- A synopsis of the mammalian fauna of the Philippine Islands / Lawrence R. Heaney. .. [et al.]. 88 1998 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1998. url p. 11.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url , p. 303, p. 392, p. 393.
- Report on the progress and condition of the U.S. National Museum for the year ending June 30. .. / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington: G.P.O., 1907-1951. url p. 120.
- The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 49, p. 59, p. 6.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Heaney, L. & Esselstyn, J. 2008. Crocidura mindorus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106876
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633633
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633633
- IUCN ID: 202859
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3520
Footnotes
- Heaney, L. & Esselstyn, J. 2008. Crocidura mindorus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
