Lamulate shrew

Chodsigoa lamula is a shrew of the genus Chodsigoa. It is endemic in the People's Republic of China and occurs in a narrow region of central to southern China.

Features

With a head-body length of 5.4 to 7.5 centimeters Chodsigoa lamula one of the small shrew species. The tail reaches a length of 40-66 mm and the hind foot 11 to 16 millimeters. The dorsal coloration is uniform brownish gray, the belly is slightly more brownish, so that it corresponds to the appearance of sympatric Chodsigoa hypsibia, which is somewhat larger.

The skull has a length of 19 to 19 millimeters. 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 lamula comes in a narrow region of the central to southern People's Republic of China, where it is endemic, before. It is possible that in other areas between the known localities has deposits.

The height distribution is approximately 3000 meters.

Way of life

Over the life of this kind are, as in all species of the genus is only very limited data. Like all shrews also feed on these types of invertebrates. As a habitat type is most likely using forests of high altitudes around 3000 meters.

System

Chodsigoa lamula is classified as a separate species within the genus Chodsigoa consisting of eight kinds. The first scientific description comes from Oldfield Thomas in 1912, who described an individual from Lintan in Gansu Province. Originally the species was considered a subspecies of sympatric Chodsigoa hypsibia, isolated also Chodsigoa parva was regarded as a subspecies of Chodsigoa lamula.

Within the species, no further addition to the nominate subspecies Chodsigoa lamula lamula is distinguished.

Threat and protection

Chodsigoa lamula is from the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ) due to the relatively large distribution area of more than 20,000 km ² and the population size assumed not classified as endangered ( " least concern "). Concrete inventory figures and threats for the species are not known.