Pygmy brown-toothed shrew

Chodsigoa parva is a shrew of the genus Chodsigoa. It is endemic in the People's Republic of China and has so far been detected only in the Likiang chain in the west of Yunnan Province.

Features

About the species-specific features of Chodsigoa parva has no information, although it is recognized as a species. It belongs to the smallest shrew species and is less than Chodsigoa lamula, with which it was temporarily synonymized.

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 parva was previously only in the Likiang chain detected in the west of Yunnan Province, from where comes the type specimen of the first description.

The height distribution is probably at about 3000 meters.

Way of life

Over the life of this kind are no data. Like all shrews also feed on the species of the genus Chodsigoa of invertebrates.

System

Chodsigoa parva is classified as a separate species within the genus Chodsigoa consisting of eight kinds. The first scientific description comes from Glover Morrill Allen from 1923, which described an individual from the Likiang chain in the west of Yunnan Province. Originally the species was regarded as a subspecies or synonym of Chodsigoa lamula, the species status but has since been confirmed.

Within the species, no further subspecies next to the nominate Chodsigoa parva parva is distinguished.

Threat and protection

Chodsigoa parva is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN) in any category of threat, since hardly any data on the type available ( " data deficient "). Concrete inventory figures and threats for the species are not known.