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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura miya
| Author: | Phillips, 1929. | | Citation: | Spolia Zeylan., 15: 113. | | Common Name: | Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew | | Type Locality: | Sri Lanka, Kandyan Hills, Nilambe Dist., Moolgama, 3,000 ft. (914 m). | | Distribution: | Highlands of C Sri Lanka. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | A very distinctive species, resembling C. elongata of Sulawesi, or C. dolichura of Africa. Known by a handful of specimens; see Phillips (1980) for further information. |
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