Crocidura thomensis (Bocage, 1887)
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Sao Tome White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura thomensis View in CoL
French: Crocidure de Sao Tomé / German: Sao-Thomé-WeilRzahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarafia de Santo Tomé
Other common names: Sao Tome Shrew
Taxonomy. Sorex (Crocidura) thomensis Bocage, 1887 ,
Sao Tomé Island.
Although no genetic studies have been conducted, C. thomensis is assumed to be closely related to the recently described C. fingui. The type specimen was destroyed, and a neotype was designated by H. Heim de Balsac and R. Hutterer in 1982. Monotypic.
Distribution. Sao Tomé I. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head—body 83-100 mm,
tail 70-86 mm, ear 8 mm, hindfoot 16-22 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Sao Tome White-toothed Shrew is relatively large, with large ears, long feet, and long tail. Dorsal and ventral pelage is dark brown. Snout and feet are pinkish. Tail is ¢.85% of head-body length and covered with hair and longer bristle hairs on first two-thirds ofits length; tail is pinkish and very thick compared with that of the Fingui
White-toothed Shrew (C. fingui). Skull of the Sao Tome White-toothed Shrew is relatively long but shorter and thinner than in the Fingui White-toothed Shrew;it also has a flatter braincase and a small protocone on lower premolar. There are three unicuspids.
Habitat. Variety of habitats from old growth mist forests near the center of Sao Tome Island to lowland plantations. The Sao Tome White-toothed Shrew is becoming less common in agricultural areas.
Food and Feeding. Captive Sao Tome White-toothed Shrews eat freshwater shrimp, crabs, moths, cockroaches, crickets, centipedes (Scolopendra sp.), earthworms, and grasshoppers.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Sao Tome White-toothed Shrew is highly endemic; threatened by introduced species on Sao Tome Island, pesticide use, and continued growth of agriculture; and considered to be getting rarer. It occurs in Sao Tomé Ob6 Natural Park.
Bibliography. Ceriaco et al. (2015), Dutton & Haft (1996), Heim de Balsac & Hutterer (1982), Kennerley (2016m), Lima et al. (2016).
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