Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963

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 : 268

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341665

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scientific name

Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963
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Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963 View in CoL

Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963 View in CoL , Mammalia, 27: 444.

Type Locality: India, Arunachal Pradesh, Bombdila, 2700 m.

Vernacular Names: Giant Mole Shrew.

Distribution: NE India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh) and Bhutan.

Discussion: Petter (1963) described this taxon as a subspecies of A. squamipes , a decision followed by most authors ( Hutterer, 1993 a; Mandal and Das, 1969; Motokawa and Lin, 2002). A study of the holotype ( MNHN Paris) and the discovery (in FMNH Chicago) of another specimen from Sikkim however reveals that A. schmidi is a giant form that deserves species status. Saha (1978) reported a similarly sized specimen from Gomchu, Bhutan. This mole shrew has a very large skull (condylo-incisive length 29.1-30.5 mm) and a bulbous dentition not found in any other population. The species appears to be confined to the SE slopes of the Himalayas.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Anourosorex

Loc

Anourosorex schmidi Petter 1963

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

Anourosorex schmidi

Petter 1963: 444
1963
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