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<mods:namePart>Russell A. Mittermeier</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation box="[1448,1527,756,798]" captionStart="Plate 19: Soricidae" captionStartId="64.[118,148,3136,3161]" captionTargetBox="[11,2741,14,3634]" captionTargetPageId="63" captionText="182. Palawan Moss Shrew (Palawanosorex muscorum), 183. Pearson’s Long-clawed Shrew (Solisorex pearsoni), 184. Kelaart’s Long-clawed Shrew (Feroculus feroculus), 185. Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus), 186. Sri Lankan Shrew (Suncus fellowesgordoni), 187. Malayan Pygmy Shrew (Suncus malayanus), 188. Bornean Pygmy Shrew (Suncus hosei), 189. Jungle Shrew (Suncus zeylanicus), 190. Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus), 191. Sr 1 Lankan Highland Shrew (Suncus montanus), 192. Nilgir 1 Highland Shrew (Suncus niger), 193. Anderson’s Shrew (Suncus stoliczkanus), 194. Day’s Shrew (Suncus dayi), 195. Flores Shrew (Suncus mertensi), 196. Black Shrew (Suncus ater), 197. Taita Shrew (Suncus aequatorius), 198. Greater Dwarf Shrew (Suncus lixa), 199. Hutu-Tutsi Dwarf Shrew (Suncus hututsi), 200. Least Dwarf Shrew (Suncus infinitestmus), 201. Remy’s Pygmy Shrew (Suncus remyi), 202. Lesser Dwarf Shrew (Suncus varilla), 203. Climbing Shrew (Suncus megalurus), 204. Rwenzori Shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides), 205. Johnston's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex johnstoni), 206. Akaibe’s Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex akaiber), 207. Moon Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex lunaris), 208. Greater Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex ollula), 209. Lesser Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus), 210. Bioko Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex isabellae), 211. Corbet’s Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex corbeti), 212. Bamenda Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex silvanorum), 213. Rainforest Shrew (Sylvisorex pluvialis), 214. Cameroonian Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex camerunensis), 215. Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex moro), 216. Kongana Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex konganensis), 217. Volcano Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex vulcanorum), 218. Grant's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex granti), 219. Howell's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex howelli), 220. Armored Hero Shrew (Scutisorex somereni), 221. Thor’s Hero Shrew (Scutisorex thor), 222. Greater Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura maxima), 223. Lesser Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni), 224. Grauer’s Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura graven), 225. Piebald Shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6871917" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6871917/files/figure.png" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">191.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[1545,2128,756,798]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Sr1 Lankan Highland Shrew</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Kelaart" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[2198,2518,756,798]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">
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<emphasis box="[2198,2518,756,798]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Suncus montanus</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1445,1520,816,837]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1530,1782,816,837]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Pachyure des montagnes</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1803,1894,816,837]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1903,2196,816,837]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Hochland-Moschusspitzmaus</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2217,2308,816,837]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Musarana de tierras altas de Sri Lanka</vernacularName>
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1443,2635,756,919]" box="[1444,2422,894,915]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1691,894,915]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1699,1919,894,915]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Asian Highland Shrew</vernacularName>
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2055,2211,970,995]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Kelaart, 1850" authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[2229,2641,970,995]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">Sorex montanus Kelaart, 1850</taxonomicName>
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,
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,
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<collectingMunicipality box="[2278,2463,1001,1034]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Nuwara Eliya</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[2479,2615,1001,1034]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="discussion">
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G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill in 1992 regarded S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[2211,2345,1080,1113]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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as a distinct species from S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2200,2314,1119,1152]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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and questioned the conspecific status of the Indian S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1851" box="[2583,2651,1159,1192]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niger">niger</taxonomicName>
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and the Sri Lankan S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[2389,2524,1198,1231]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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. R. Hutterer in 2005 considered that S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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represented a distinct subspecies. In a study of mitochondrial genes, S. Meegaskumbura and C. J. Schneider
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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in 2008 concluded that S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1847,1981,1395,1428]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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from Sri Lanka was a separate species from S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1851" box="[1484,1552,1434,1467]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niger">niger</taxonomicName>
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from India and that S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1918,2052,1434,1467]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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and S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2173,2286,1434,1467]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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were sister taxa. Subsequently, Meegaskumbura and colleagues in 2010 studied several different populations of §.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1641,1774,1513,1546]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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and S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1899,2012,1513,1546]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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from Sri Lanka in an analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes and morphometric data. Much earlier in 1980, W. W. A. Phillips had reported that interbreeding was known to occur in Sri Lanka between S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1615,1748,1631,1664]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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(at that time considered to be a subspecies, S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2458,2571,1631,1664]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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) and other subspecies of S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1986,2101,1679,1704]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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, and indeed, Meegaskumbura and colleagues found that two populations showed possible hybridization between S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1480,1613,1749,1782]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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and S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1724,1838,1749,1782]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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kandianus. Their combined analysis of all nuclear and mitochondrial genes provided high support for S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[2212,2345,1789,1822]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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and S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2464,2577,1789,1822]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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kandianus as sisters, separate from a clade of the other subspecies of S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2452,2566,1837,1862]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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from Sri Lanka. An additional study of mitochondrial genes by S. D. Ohdachi and colleagues in 2016 also concluded that S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[2019,2152,1907,1940]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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wassister to a clade of S.
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<taxonomicName box="[2534,2648,1907,1940]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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from Sri Lanka (from three different locations in Kandy) and that this clade (S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1445,1558,1986,2019]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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kandianus—S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kelaart" authorityYear="1850" box="[1767,1900,1986,2019]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">montanus</taxonomicName>
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complex) formed a sister to clades of the majority of S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1519,1633,2025,2058]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">murinus</taxonomicName>
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from many Asian and other locations including two separate clades from Sri Lanka. Monotypic.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1442,1617,2104,2137]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Recorded from few localities in Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces, including Sinharaja Forest, Sri Lanka.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1441,1694,2187,2216]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 72-106 mm, tail 46-71 mm, ear 7-13 mm, hindfoot 14-19 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Sri Lankan Highland Shrew is medium-sized, with short, soft pelage, being dark brown to blackish brown dorsally and slightly lighter ventrally; some specimens have slight rufous tinge. Tailis 52-80% of head-body length and dark brown, with long bristle hairs scattered over most of its length.
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1441,1552,2419,2452]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Highland montane forest and tropical rainforests in low hills, in undergrowth, rotting logs and leaves, vegetation bordering streams, and only rarely human dwellings close to forests, at elevations of 150-2524 m.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1441,1707,2538,2571]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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Captive Sri Lankan Highland Shrews ate a wide variety of insects including beetles, cockroaches, grasshoppers and large moths and also worms, bird eggs, lizard eggs, seeds, coconut, small snakes, and a young mouse (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[2384,2448,2617,2650]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Mus</taxonomicName>
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). Food is held down by forefeet while biting off pieces. It has been speculated that shrews found half eaten after being caught in deadfall traps overnight had been cannibalized or eaten by other species of shrews.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="breeding">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1441,1575,2774,2807]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Breeding.</emphasis>
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Wild-caught pregnant Sri Lankan Highland Shrews with two fetuses were found in early December,late June, and earlyJuly. Young are reportedly born in nests of dead leaves and grass in rough chambers at ends of short burrows, usually under a tree stump or boulder among low vegetation. During the breeding season, basal part of tail becomes markedly swollen, and lateral glands become enlarged and produce distinctive musky odor.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="activity">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1439,1677,3010,3043]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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The Sri Lankan Highland Shrew is principally but not exclusively nocturnal. Individuals trapped at night were dead before morning, suggesting the need for frequent activity to feed regularly.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[1440,2379,3128,3161]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" box="[1440,2379,3128,3161]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1440,2140,3128,3161]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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No information.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1440,1792,3168,3201]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Sri Lankan Highland Shrew occurs in restricted and fragmented locations, and there is ongoing decline in area and quality of habitat due to anthropogenic activities. Nevertheless, the Sri Lankan Highland Shrew needs to be reassessed following recognition of the Nilgiri Highland Shrew (i.e. Indian S.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1851" box="[1979,2041,3329,3358]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="67" pageNumber="462" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niger">niger</taxonomicName>
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) as a separate species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="462" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="67.[1439,2649,1395,3476]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1440,1593,3373,3398]" pageId="67" pageNumber="462">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Corbet & Hill (1992), Hutterer (2005b), Meegaskumbura & Schneider (2008), Meegaskumbura et al. (2010), Menike et al. (2012), Molur, Nameer & Goonatilake (2008a), Molur, Srinivasulu et al. (2005), Ohdachi et al. (2016), Phillips (1928, 1980), Yapa & Ratnavira (2013).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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