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--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura orientalis
Author: | Jentink in Weber, 1890. | Citation: | Zool. Ergebn. Reis. Ned. Ost. Ind., I: 124. | Common Name: | Oriental Shrew | Type Locality: | Indonesia, W Java, Gedeh. | Distribution: | Mountains of Java. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Sometimes referred to fuliginosa (Heaney et al., 1987; Jenkins, 1982), but represents a distinct species (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Ruedi, 1995). In Java C. orientalis is confined to the mountains and replaced by C. brunnea in the lowlands. Ruedi (1995) distinguished lawuana as a subspecies. Karyotype has 2n = 38, FN = 56 (Ruedi and Vogel, 1995). |
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