Sorex stizodon, Merriam, 1895
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Sorex stizodon |
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Pale-toothed Shrew
Funda Musaıaıgne à dents pôles Goımııı Helııhnspıtznıaus / Spanish: Musarana de dientes pélidos
Taxonomy. Sorex stizodon Merriam, 1895 View in CoL ,
“ San Cristobal , Chiapas, Mexico.” Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to “latitude 16-75°N, longitude 92-63°W.” GoogleMaps
Sorex stizodon is included in the salvini group in an unnamed subgenus of Sorex based on morphometric data. Monotypic.
Distribution. Known only from Reserva Ecologica Huitepec, C Chiapas, SE Mexico. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 66 mm, tail 41 mm, ear 6-8 mm, hindfoot 12-13-5 mm; weight 7 g. The Pale-toothed Shrew is relatively small. Dorsum is rusty brown to reddish brown, and venter is slightly paler. Tail is ¢.62% of head-body length and uniformly reddish brown. Cranium is relatively inflated, and teeth are unusually pigmented for the genus Sorex because they are pale light orange or yellowish rather than dark red in other species of Sorex . There are five unicuspids,first and second are large, third is smaller than fourth, and fifth is minute.
Habitat. Moist montane pine-oak cloud forests at elevations of ¢.2700 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Pale-toothed Shrew is found only in one location in a protected area (Reserva Ecologica Huitepec), its known extent of occurrence is less than 100 km? and it seems to be threatened by habitat loss from agricultural expansion and general deforestation.
Bibliography. Carraway (2007), Cuarén, de Grammont, Matson & Woodman (2008), Esteva et al. (2010), Matson & Ordoénez-Garza (2017), Woodman et al. (2012).
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