Crocidura orientalis Jentink in Weber 1890

Crocidura orientalis Jentink in Weber 1890, Zool. Ergebn. Reis. Niederl. Ost-Ind., Part I: 124.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Gedeh.

Vernacular Names: Oriental Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Crocidura orientalis subsp. orientalis Jentink in Weber 1890

Subspecies Crocidura orientalis subsp. lawuana Sody 1936

Distribution: Mountains of Java.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Sometimes referred to fuliginosa (Heaney et al., 1987; Jenkins, 1982), but represents a distinct species (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Ruedi, 1995). In Java C. orientalis is confined to the mountains and replaced by C. brunnea in the lowlands. Ruedi (1995) distinguished lawuana as a subspecies. Karyotype has 2n = 38, FN = 56 (Ruedi and Vogel, 1995).