Order Insectivora
Author
Rainer Hutterer
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
69
130
book chapter
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Chimarrogale hantu
Harrison, 1958
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 13, 1:282
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
"banks of a stream at low altitude (under
1,000 ft.
) in the Ulu Langat Forest Reserve,
Selangor
, Malaya, about
20 km
. east of
Kuala Lumpur
."
DISTRIBUTION: Tropical forest of the Malaysian peninsula.
COMMENTS: Included in
himalayica
by
Medway
(1977)
and other authors but retained by
Jones and Mumford (1971)
. The species differs considerably in its morphology and ecology from the species which inhabit the Himalayan region. The photograph of a live animal in
Nowak (1991:156)
depicts this species.