Crocidura hilliana Jenkins and Smith 1995

Crocidura hilliana Jenkins and Smith 1995, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 61: 103.

Type Locality: NE Thailand, Loei Province, 48 km S Loei, Ban Nong Hin, Wat Tham Maho Lan, 17°06'N, 101°53'E, 575 m.

Vernacular Names: Hill's Shrew.

Distribution: NE and C Thailand, Laos.

Discussion: A shrew somewhat smaller than C. fuliginosa described on the basis of skulls removed from owl pellets (Jenkins and Smith, 1995; Smith et al., 2000). Also recorded from Laos (Smith et al., 1998). Motokawa and Harada (1998) described the animal and its karyotype (2n = 50, NF = 60). This karyotype is similar to that of " C. attenuata " from Thailand (2n = 50, FN = 66), as published by Tsuchiya et al. (1979).