Crocidura hikmiya
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C. hikmiya
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| Crocidura hikmiya Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda & Schneider, 2007
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The Sinharaja shrew or Sri Lankan rain forest shrew (Crocidura hikmiya) is a species of shrew 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 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]
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Etymology
The specific epithet hikmiya is Sinhala for ‘shrew’, applied here as a substantive in apposition. It is known as ශ්රී ලංකා සිංහරාජ කුනු හික් මීයා in Sinhala.
Habitat
It is known only from two forest-edge sites in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, at Kudawa and Morningside.
References
- ↑ S. Meegaskumbura & M. Meegaskumbura (2008). Crocidura hikmiya. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
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