De Winton's shrew

Chodsigoa hypsibia is a shrew of the genus Chodsigoa. It occurs mainly in the central south of the People 's Republic of China.

Features

With a head-body length of 7.3 to 9.9 centimeters Chodsigoa hypsibia one of the small to medium-sized shrew species. The tail reaches a length of 60 to 80 millimeters, and the hind foot 15 to 18 millimeters. The dorsal coloration is uniform brownish gray, the belly is slightly brownish The tail is gray on top, white on the bottom.

Like all species of the genus has the kind in the maxilla per half an incisor ( incisor ) and then three unicuspid teeth, a Vorbackenzahn ( premolar ) and three molars ( Molar ). In the mandible, it has, however, a single canine ( canine ) behind the incisor. Overall, the animals thus have a set of teeth from 28 teeth. The roots of teeth are stained red as with most Rotzahnspitzmäusen.

Dissemination

Chodsigoa hypsibia comes in a large part of central and southern China before in the Hengduan Shan and the Qin Ling, where it is endemic. She is there widespread in the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Xizang and Hebei as well as in Beijing and Gansu. The population in Hebei is of other occurrences isolated.

The height distribution is normally at 1200 to 3500 meters, in Hebei the population lives at an altitude of about 300 meters.

Way of life

Over the life of this kind are of the genus is little data as with all species. Like all shrews also feed on these types of invertebrates. The habitat in the central altitudes is very diverse and consists of mountain ranges and deep valleys, the shrew lives in different vegetation areas, including forest and thickets.

System

Chodsigoa hypsibia is classified as a separate species within the genus Chodsigoa consisting of eight kinds. The first scientific description is by William Edward de Winton from 1899, which described an individual from " Yang -liu -pa " in Sichuan.

Within the species or no other subspecies are distinguished addition to the nominate Chodsigoa hypsibia hypsibia depending on the source. In the latter case, the isolated population in Hebei forms the subspecies C. h larvarum during the nominate populated the rest of the area of ​​distribution.

Threat and protection

Chodsigoa hypsibia is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ) due to the relatively large distribution area and population size adopted and the adaptability to different habitats as not at risk ( " least concern "). Concrete inventory figures and threats for the species are not known.