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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the skull and lateral views of the mandible of the holotype of Chodsigoa dabieshanensis sp. nov. (AHU 2008 FZL 004; left) and Chodsigoa hypsibia (KIZ 016077; right). Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1083.78233.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/637967" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figures 4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Suggested common name.</paragraph>
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Dabieshan long-tailed shrew; 
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(Dabieshan Quechiqu)
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Holotype.</emphasis>
AHU2008FZL005, an adult female collected by Zhen Xu and Ruolei Sun in August 2020, at Foziling natural reserve (
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, 
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, 1187 m a.s.l.), the north slope of the Dabie Mountains, Huoshan County, Luan City, Anhui province, China. Cleaned skulls and remaining carcasses frozen at -20 °C deposited in the Biological Museum of Anhui University (BMAHU).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paratypes.</emphasis>
AHUDBS017001-005; AHU2008FZL001-004, 006. Ten specimens collected between May 2017 and August 2020 from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui province, China. All specimens are deposited in the Biological Museum of Anhui University (BMAHU).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific name 
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is derived from the Dabie Mountains, the type locality of the new species: - 
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means mountain in Chinese, and the Latin adjectival suffix - 
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means &quot;belonging to&quot;.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new species is assigned to the genus 
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for having three upper unicuspid teeth, with the tips of the teeth lightly pigmented (Fig. 
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). 
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sp. nov. can be distinguished from the other known species of 
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by the following combination of characters: small to medium in size (HB = 67.22 mm; CIL = 19.08 mm), dark brownish pelage; tail shorter than the HB, nearly similar ventral and dorsal pelage color, a small tuft of longer hairs at the tip of the tail (Fig. 
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); markedly flattened braincase; and the foramen magnum is relatively wider than 
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. Phylogenetic analyses show that the new species is monotypic, sister to 
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and 
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(Fig. 
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the skull and lateral views of the mandible of the holotype of 
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sp. nov. (AHU2008FZL004; left) and 
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(KIZ 016077; right). Scale bar: 10 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Description.</paragraph>
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A small to medium-sized shrew (W = 5.24 
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0.36 g, range 4.67-5.89 g; HB = 67.22 
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3.23 mm, range 62.00-73.00 mm, Table 
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) with dark brown dorsal pelage and slightly paler ventral pelage (Fig. 
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). Tail is short (TL = 59.67 
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3.28 mm), about 90% of the head and body length, brown above, slightly paler below, and with a small tuft of longer hairs at the tip. External ears are prominent, rounded, and covered with very short dark hairs. Eyes are very small. The dorsal surfaces of hands and hind feet are covered with short brown hair, lighter at the margin. The thenar and hypothenar pads at the soles of the hindfeet are well separated.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Dorsal and ventral view of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Chodsigoa dabieshanensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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The skull of 
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sp. nov. is short and broad, and the braincase is markedly flattened (Fig. 
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). The skull is similar to 
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, but much shorter and broader. The rostrum is short, and the interorbital region is wide. From the ventral view, the rostrum gradually narrows in the premaxillary region. The palate is short, with an abrupt posterior edge. The basisoccipital is developed and the ridges are approximately parallel. The dentition is the same for the genus: 3.1.1.3/2.0.1.3 = 28. The first incisor is long, falciform; the apex straight downwards; the talon much lower than U1, approximately equal to U3. Three upper unicuspids are present. All unicuspids are crowded and overlap slightly at the base. U1-U3 gradually decrease in size; U3 is about half as high as U1, and in contact with P4, which is large and triangular in outline. The posterior borders of P4 and M1 are deeply excavated, appearing crescent, while the posterior borders of M2 are much shallower. M3 is reduced and much narrower with a single lobe. The tips of the anterior teeth have a lightly pigmented chestnut color except the molars.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">The mandible is slender. The coronoid process is tall and squared, rising straight upward from the posterior of the toothrow. The condyloid process is weak and bi-faceted, forming an angle at approximately 45° with the coronoid process. The angular process is long, straight, and very thin. The first lower incisor is long, with only a single basal cusplet. The incisor is slightly curved upwards, forming a hook at the tip. The first lower unicuspid is small and procumbent, crowded with a large incisor and the following premolar. The premolar has one forward-leaning cusp. The molar gradually decreases in size from M1 to M3. Only the tips of I1, U1, P1, and M1 are chestnut-pigmented but not those of M2 and M3.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Comparison.</paragraph>
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Among the species in the genus 
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, 
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sp. nov. is morphologically similar to the widely distributed 
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. However, the new species can be distinguished from 
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by many characters. In terms of body size, 
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sp. nov. is much smaller than 
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for most external and craniomandibular measurements (Table 
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). In particular, the range of weight (4.67-5.89 g vs 6.40-14.00 g) and rostral length (6.48-6.81 mm vs 6.93-9.00 mm) between the two species does not overlap. The overall pelage of 
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sp. nov. is dark brown, almost black, which differs from the gray pelage of 
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The skull of 
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sp. nov. is relatively shorter and broader than 
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, especially in the interorbital region, which appears much flatter (Fig. 
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). The foramen magnum breadth is relatively larger than 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. hypsibia.</emphasis>
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The posterior borders of M2 in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. hypsibia" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="hypsibia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. hypsibia</emphasis>
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are much more deeply excavated than in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.. In 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov., the basioccipital is well developed and the ridges are approximately parallel. By contrast, the basioccipital of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. hypsibia" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="hypsibia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. hypsibia</emphasis>
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is narrow, so the ridges are nearly confluent in the middle.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Chodsigoa dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (CIL = 19.08 
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0.22 mm) can be easily distinguished from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. parva" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="parva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. parva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CIL = 15.79 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.27 mm) by its much larger size and the ranges of most of their external and cranial measurements do not overlap (Table 
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). Furthermore, the tail of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (TL/HB = 80%) is relatively longer than 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. parva" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="parva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. parva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(TL/HB = 88%). If the mean condyloincisive length is used as an indicator of overall size, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. dabieshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="dabieshanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (CIL = 19.08 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.22 mm) is larger than 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. sodalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="sodalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. sodalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CIL = 17.97 
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0.12 mm), but smaller than 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. furva" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="furva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. furva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CIL = 20.63 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.39 mm), 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. parca" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="parca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. parca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CIL = 20.37 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.29 mm), and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. smithii" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(CIL = 22.23 
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0.54 mm) (Table 
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). The markedly flattened cranium of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is clearly distinguished from all other species in the genus, including 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. caovansunga" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="caovansunga">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. caovansunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. furva" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="furva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. furva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. hoffmanni" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="hoffmanni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. hoffmanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. parca" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="parca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. parca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. salenskii" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="salenskii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. salenskii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. smithii" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. sodalis." pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="sodalis.">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. sodalis.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
The tail of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. dabieshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="dabieshanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is shorter than head and body length, and it differs from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. sodalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="sodalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. sodalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(TL/HB ≈ 100%) and all other 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kastchenko" authorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Chodsigoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chodsigoa" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Chodsigoa</emphasis>
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species (TL/HB&gt; 100%). The new species has a tuft of longer hair at the tip of the tail, in contrast to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. caovansunga" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="caovansunga">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. caovansunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. furva" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="furva">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. furva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. smithii" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The thenar and hypothenar pads at the soles of the hindfeet are well separated and distinguishable from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. caovansunga" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="caovansunga">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C. caovansunga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whose thenar and hypothenar pads of hindfeet are close together.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Distribution and habits.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Chodsigoa dabieshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is currently known from Yaoleping National Nature Reserve, Bancang Natural Reserve, and Foziling Natural Reserve, all located in the Dabie Mountains, Anhui province, eastern China. Most specimens were collected from deciduous broad-leaf forests at 750-1250 m a.s.l.
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