Suncus zeylanicus Phillips 1928

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 261

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341559

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scientific name

Suncus zeylanicus Phillips 1928
status

 

Suncus zeylanicus Phillips 1928 View in CoL

Suncus zeylanicus Phillips 1928 View in CoL , Spolia Zeylan., 14: 313.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Gonagama Estate, Kitulgala, 900 ft. (274 m).

Vernacular Names: Jungle Shrew.

Distribution: Higlands of Sri Lanka.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Phillips (1980) stressed that zeylanicus differs distinctly from murinus in the flesh, particularly by its long and almost naked tail, and that it lives in primary forest. However, its relation to montanus has still to be studied.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Suncus

Loc

Suncus zeylanicus Phillips 1928

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Suncus zeylanicus

Phillips 1928: 313
1928
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