Friday, March 28, 2008

New Shrew

From Sri Lanka, research published in Zootaxa: (News source.)

"A new, endemic species of shrew Crocidura hikmiya, has been described from Sri Lanka. The new shrew is presently only known from mid montane and lowland rainforests of Sinharaja.
"This shrew was previously been identified as Ceylon Long-tailed Shrew (Crocidura miya). However the latter species is now believed to be confined to the montane forests of the central hills. The researchers believe that the most frequently encountered shrew in Sinharaja is the new species."

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