Crocidura grasset, Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965
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Grasse’s White-toothed Shrew
French: Crocidure de Grassé / German: Grasse-WeiRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de Grasse
Other common names: Grasse's Shrew
Taxonomy. Crocidura grassei Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965 View in CoL ,
Belinga , Gabon .
Crocidura grassei is related to the lttoralismaurisca group based on genetic data, although additional research and sampling are needed. Monotypic.
Distribution. S Cameroon, SW Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), N Gabon, and N Republic of the Congo. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 76-86 mm, tail 69-80 mm, ear 10-12 mm, hindfoot 15-16 mm; weight 11-13 g. Grasse’s White-toothed Shrew is medium-sized, with soft dense pelage. Dorsal pelage is grayish brown, with gray-based and grayish browntipped hairs. Ventral pelage is grayish beige and paler than dorsum, with gray-based and beige-tipped hairs. Feet are not pigmented and sparsely covered with short white hairs. Tail is ¢.95% of head-body length, covered with longer white bristle hairs, and bicolored, being dark brown above and whitish below. Braincase is slightly domed; I' is long and hooked; first unicuspid is larger than other two, which are subequal; all three have well-developed cingulum; and M’ is medium-sized. There are three unicuspids. Karyotype is 2n = 40.
Habitat. Primary lowland tropical rainforest, especially riparian and marsh habitats.
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 Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. There are no major threats affecting the widespread Grasse’s White-toothed Shrew.
Bibliography. Cassola (2016ak), Goodman et al. (2001), Heim de Balsac (1968b), Hutterer (2013), Lasso et al. (1996), Pacifici et al. (2013), Quérouil et al. (2001), Ray & Hutterer (1996).
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