Sumatran water shrew | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Chimarrogale |
Species: | C. sumatrana |
Binomial name | |
Chimarrogale sumatrana (Thomas, 1921) | |
Sumatran water shrew range |
The Sumatran water shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana) is a red-toothed shrew found only in the Padang highlands of western Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are streams in montane forests. The species is only known from a holotype, which is damaged, and was previously listed as critically endangered by IUCN. It is believed to be severely threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Chiozza, F. (2016). "Chimarrogale sumatrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4649A22282082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4649A22282082.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Sumatran Water Shrew Chimarrogale sumatrana". EDGE of Existence programme. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
External links
- [REDACTED] Media related to Chimarrogale sumatrana at Wikimedia Commons
- Sumatra water shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana) media from ARKive
Taxon identifiers | |
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Chimarrogale sumatrana |
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