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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Suncus
SPECIES Suncus dayi
| Author: | Dobson, 1888. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 1: 428. | | Common Name: | Day's Shrew | | Type Locality: | India, Cochin, Trichur. | | Distribution: | Montane evergreen forest of S India (Trichur and Nilgiri Hills). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | New records provided and relationships discussed by Jenkins et al. (1998). Based on the analysis of RNA sequences, S. dayi is sister of the African S. megalura (Querouil et al., 2001). |
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