Crocidura paradoxura Dobson 1886

Crocidura paradoxura Dobson 1886, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 4: 566.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Mt. Singalang, 2,000 m.

Vernacular Names: Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura aequicauda Robinson and Kloss 1918 .

Distribution: Mountains of N and W Sumatra.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: A large species with a long tail. Revised by Ruedi (1995). Corbet and Hill (1992) also referred a specimen from Java which may represent paradoxura, or a different species (Ruedi, 1995).