<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353085" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353085" approvalRequired="8" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_matCits="5" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534092495" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Rainer Hutterer" docDate="1993" docId="03D02513FFD2CF491348FD23D1B9D098" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Insectivora.69-130.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Suncus montanus" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="103" masterDocId="FFE95D6BFFF0CF6B1249FFB9D255D37F" masterDocTitle="Order Insectivora" masterLastPageNumber="130" masterPageNumber="69" pageNumber="103" updateTime="1669256708367" updateUser="ExternalLinkService"> <mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>Order Insectivora</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>Rainer Hutterer</mods:namePart> </mods:name> <mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource> <mods:relatedItem type="host"> <mods:originInfo> <mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued> <mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher> <mods:place> <mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm> </mods:place> </mods:originInfo> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart> </mods:name> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart> </mods:name> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:part> <mods:extent unit="page"> <mods:start>69</mods:start> <mods:end>130</mods:end> </mods:extent> </mods:part> </mods:relatedItem> <mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification> <mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353085</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353085</mods:identifier> </mods:mods> <treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7292402" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7292402" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D02513FFD2CF491348FD23D1B9D098" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D02513FFD2CF491348FD23D1B9D098" lastPageNumber="103" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> <subSubSection box="[257,1362,666,704]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" type="nomenclature"> <paragraph blockId="34.[257,1803,666,999]" box="[257,1362,666,704]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> <treatmentCitation author="Kelaart" authority="(Kelaart, 1850)" baseAuthorityName="Kelaart" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[257,1350,666,704]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" journal="J. Ceylon Br. Asiat. Soc." kingdom="Animalia" order="Insectivora" page="211" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus" title="Suncus montanus" volume="2" year="1850"> <taxonomicName authority="(Kelaart, 1850)" baseAuthorityName="Kelaart" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[257,812,666,704]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Insectivora" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus"> <emphasis box="[257,540,666,704]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">Suncus montanus</emphasis> (Kelaart, 1850) </taxonomicName> . <bibCitation author="Kelaart" box="[829,1350,666,704]" journal="J. Ceylon Br. Asiat. Soc." pageId="34" pageNumber="103" pagination="211" title="Suncus montanus" volume="2" year="1850"> J. <collectingCountry box="[866,987,666,704]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">Ceylon</collectingCountry> Br. Asiat. Soc., 2:211 </bibCitation> </treatmentCitation> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection box="[298,1295,708,746]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" type="materials_examined"> <paragraph blockId="34.[257,1803,666,999]" box="[298,1295,708,746]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> TYPE LOCALITY: <materialsCitation box="[544,1285,708,746]" country="Sri Lanka" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> <collectingCountry box="[544,712,708,746]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry> , "Nuwara Eliya, Pidurutalagala" </materialsCitation> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection box="[298,1288,750,787]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" type="distribution"> <paragraph blockId="34.[257,1803,666,999]" box="[298,1288,750,787]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> DISTRIBUTION: Forested highlands in <collectingCountry box="[908,1070,750,787]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry> and S <collectingCountry box="[1191,1278,750,787]" name="India" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">India</collectingCountry> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection box="[297,927,792,830]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" type="synonym_list"> <paragraph blockId="34.[257,1803,666,999]" box="[297,927,792,830]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> SYNONYMS: <emphasis box="[476,927,792,830]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> ferrugineus, kelaarti, <taxonomicName box="[838,922,792,830]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Insectivora" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niger">niger</taxonomicName> . </emphasis> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="34" pageNumber="103" type="discussion"> <paragraph blockId="34.[257,1803,666,999]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103"> COMMENTS: Commonly included in <taxonomicName authority="(Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966: 66)" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman and Morrison-Scott" baseAuthorityPageNumber="66" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[895,1728,833,872]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Insectivora" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus"> <emphasis box="[895,1028,833,872]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="103">murinus</emphasis> ( <bibRefCitation author="Ellerman, J. R. & T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" box="[1055,1716,833,872]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" refId="ref93311" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1966. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1966">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:66</bibRefCitation> ) </taxonomicName> , but represents a much smaller and always blackish species of primary forest habitats. Listed as a species by <bibRefCitation author="Corbet, G. B. & J. E. Hill" box="[768,1204,918,956]" pageId="34" pageNumber="103" refId="ref67916" refString="Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp." year="1991">Corbet and Hill (1991:36)</bibRefCitation> . 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