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<figureCitation box="[1444,1524,1666,1712]" 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="65" pageNumber="460">186.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[1541,1910,1666,1712]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Sri Lankan Shrew</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName authority="W. W. A. Phillips, 1932" authorityName="W. W. A. Phillips" authorityYear="1932" box="[1982,2391,1666,1712]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowesgordoni">
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<emphasis box="[1982,2391,1666,1712]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Suncus fellowesgordoni</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1441,1516,1730,1751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1526,1822,1730,1751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Pachyure de Fellowes-Gordon</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1844,1934,1730,1751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1943,2223,1730,1751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Sri-Lanka-Wimperspitzmaus</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2245,2337,1730,1751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Spanish:</emphasis>
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Musaraia pigmea de Sri
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<paragraph blockId="65.[1439,2590,1666,1833]" box="[1441,1497,1767,1788]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Lanka</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1440,1687,1808,1829]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1696,1910,1808,1829]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Ceylon Pygmy Shrew</vernacularName>
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,
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<vernacularName box="[1924,2157,1808,1829]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Gordon's Pygmy Shrew</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2051,2207,1877,1910]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="W. W. A. Phillips, 1932" authorityName="W. W. A. Phillips" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowesgordoni">Suncus fellowesgordoni W. W. A. Phillips, 1932</taxonomicName>
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,
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(
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[=
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,
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[2051,2187,1994,2027]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="65" pageNumber="460" type="discussion">
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Initially, S.
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was believed to belong to S. perrottetii named by J. L. Duvernoy in 1842 (now in S.
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) due to its similarity in size. Later, S.
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<taxonomicName class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowesgordoni">fellowesgordoni</taxonomicName>
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was recognized as a distinct species, based on its larger size. Most subsequent authors considered it a sub-
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species or synonym of S.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Savi" baseAuthorityYear="1822" box="[1807,1914,2309,2342]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="etruscus">etruscus</taxonomicName>
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. W. W. A. Phillips in 1980 listed Podihik kura by P. E. P. Deraniyagala in 1958 under S.
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<taxonomicName box="[1975,2179,2349,2382]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowesgordoni">fellowesgordoni</taxonomicName>
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. R. Hutterer in 1993 and 2005 recognized S.
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as a distinct species and assigned Podihik to S.
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1832" box="[1438,1534,2427,2460]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Suncus</taxonomicName>
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is now known to be paraphyletic, with African
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falling with
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in a separate clade, distinct from Eurasian species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1832" box="[2258,2355,2467,2500]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Suncus</taxonomicName>
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. In a phylogenetic study by S. Meegaskumbura and others in 2012, S.
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was closely related to S.
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from Sri Lanka, India, and Europe. Monotypic.
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6871281" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6871281" box="[1435,2233,2584,2617]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6871281/files/figure.png" inLine="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" targetBox="[1436,2026,1886,2299]" targetPageId="65">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1435,1611,2584,2617]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from C highlands of Sri Lanka.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1435,1698,2624,2657]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 44-58 mm,tail 33-5-38 mm, ear 5-6-8 mm, hindfoot 9-6-11 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Females are usually slightly smaller than males. The Sri Lankan Shrew is small. Tail is 72-80% of head-body length and is not thickened at base but rather mouse-like, slender, and scarcely tapering with few hairs at base. Dorsum is glossy chocolate brown to blackish brown; venter is dark gray, with silvery sheen. Throatis gray; snout, ears, and forefeet are pink. Hindfeet are dusky above and lighter below. Tail is dark above and light below. Long whiskers are silvery gray. Subadults are generally darker than adults, almost black dorsally. The Sri Lankan Shrew differs from the Etruscan Shrew (S.
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), also from Sri Lanka, in thatit is markedly darker, and external dimensions, except ear length, are larger. Skull is also larger in all measurements, and the Sri Lankan Shrew has two denticulations on upper edge of 1, lacking in the Etruscan Shrew. P. D. Jenkins and colleagues in 1998 demonstrated that this Sri Lankan endemic shrew shares many “primitive” characteristics with Day’s Shrew (S.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Dobson" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1581,1636,3176,3209]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dayi">dayi</taxonomicName>
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) and some species of
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<taxonomicName box="[1957,2084,3176,3209]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sylvisorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Sylvisorex</taxonomicName>
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but also synapomorphies with
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1832" box="[2533,2630,3176,3209]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Suncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Suncus</taxonomicName>
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. Condylo-basal lengths are 12-7-13-6 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1432,1543,3255,3288]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Montane forests and wet patana (upland plain) grasslands at elevations of 1000-1828 m.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1432,1700,3333,3366]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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Diet of the Sri Lankan Shrew contains small earthworms, crabs, and insects.
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<paragraph blockId="65.[1429,2642,2309,3483]" box="[1431,1805,3414,3443]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1431,1566,3414,3443]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Breeding.</emphasis>
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No information.
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<subSubSection box="[1429,2473,3454,3483]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460" type="activity">
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<paragraph blockId="65.[1429,2642,2309,3483]" box="[1429,2473,3454,3483]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1429,1665,3454,3483]" pageId="65" pageNumber="460">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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Sri Lankan Shrews are terrestrial and diurnal/nocturnal.
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<subSubSection pageId="66" pageNumber="461" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="66.[108,1318,295,802]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[109,820,295,324]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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The Sri Lankan Shrew appears to live under low herbage and dead leaves in scrub jungle and forests. One individual was found among loose silt and leaves in a field drain, and another under a large stone.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="66" pageNumber="461" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="66.[108,1318,295,802]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,474,409,442]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Sri Lankan Shrew has a restricted distribution (less than 5000 km?) and small area of occupancy (less than 500 km?). Its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in extent and quality ofits habitat. Other threats include fire and conversion of suitable habitat to plantations of cardamom and tea. It occurs in Knuckles Forest Reserve in Central Province of Sri Lanka. Ecological and population studies are needed.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="66" pageNumber="461" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="66.[108,1318,295,802]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[111,264,693,718]" pageId="66" pageNumber="461">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Corbet & Hill (1992), Dubey, Salamin et al. (2008), Deraniyagala (1958), Duvernoy (1842), Eisenberg & McKay (1970), Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1966), Goonatilake et al. (2008a), Hutterer (1993, 2005b), Jenkins et al. (1998), Meegaskumbura et al. (2012), Molur et al. (2005), Phillips (1932, 1980).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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