Crocidura suaveolens(Information about this image)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura suaveolens
Name
Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)
Type locality: Khersones, Crimea, Southern Russia
Synonyms
Crocidura ilensis Miller, 1901
type lolality: Kukturuk Ili, W. Sinkiang, (Western Chinese Turkestan)
Crocidura coreae Thomas, 1908
type locality: Min-gyong, 110 miles south-east of Seoul, Korea
Crocidura (Crocidura) coreae: Kishida, 1924
Crocidura (?dsi-nezumi) coreae: Kuroda, 1938
Crocidura ilensis corear: Imaizumi, 1949
References
Crocidura suaveolens in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Abe, H. and Y. Yokohata, 1998. The Natural History of Insectivora (Mammalia) in Japan. (Shobara, Hiroshima) ISBN 916116-05-4
Miller, 1901. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 14: 157.
Pallas, 1811. Zoogr. Ross. As., I: 133, pl. 9, fig. 2.
Thomas, O., 1908. The Duke of Bedford's Zoological Expedition in Eastern Asia. VII. List of mammals from the Tsushima Island. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 47–54.
Vernacular names
беларуская: Белазубка малая
English: Lesser white-toothed shrew
español: Musaraña de campo
suomi: Kotipäästäinen
galego: Furaño de xardín
magyar: Keleti cickány
日本語: コジネズミ
norsk: Hagespissmus
polski: Zębiełek karliczek
svenska: Trädgårdsnäbbmus
Türkçe: Küçük beyaz dişli böcekçil
The lesser white-toothed shrew[2] (Crocidura suaveolens) is a small species of shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe.[3][4] Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and small rodents, though its diet usually varies according to the biotope where it lives.[5] The closely related Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.
Like the common shrew, a female lesser white-toothed shrew and her young may form a "caravan" when foraging for food or seeking a place of safety; each shrew grips the tail of the shrew in front so that the group stays together.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The lesser white-toothed shrew occurs widely from France and Portugal, in the west, across Europe and Asia to Japan and also in North Africa. It prefers dry ground, including scrub and gardens, and on the Isles of Scilly inhabits also shingle beaches and sand dunes.[3]
The populations in the Isles of Scilly and in the Channel Islands of Jersey and Sark off the French coast are isolated.[6] The lesser white-toothed shrew subspecies Crocidura suaveolens balearica lives on Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands.[5]
The Scilly shrew
The population found on the Isles of Scilly, off the south-west coast of England, was once thought to be a sub-species, Crocidura suaveolens cassiteridum,[3] and is known as the Scilly shrew. Skull and tooth measurements of individuals from Scilly are found to be intermediate in size of those in the Channel Islands and the darker fur of the Scilly specimens is not considered a valid reason for the naming of a sub-species.[4] It is unusual in that it can be found on the islands' beaches, [7] where it feeds almost exclusively on amphipods.[5] The Scillonian name for the animal is "teak" or "teke".[8]
Archaeological remains indicate that it was present on the islands in the bronze Age, so it may have been present before the Isles of Scilly became separated from the European continent, or may have migrated from the Channel Islands or Europe on board ships.[9] Although if shrews had survived through the last glaciation or the Younger Dryas, it would seem that northerly distributed species such as Sorex araneus would have been more likely to survive, rather than a southerly distributed species such as Crocidura suaveolens.[6]
In July 1924 W N Blair found an unknown species of shrew on Gugh and sent it to the mammal expert, Mr Hinton, at the British Museum. This specimen, held at the museum, is the type for the species.[10] Ten years earlier H N Robinson found an unknown rodent at Old Town St Mary's and sent it to Mr F W Smalley "who had the largest collection of rodents in the country". In 2010, a Scilly shrew made headlines on BBC Cornwall when it stowed away on the passenger ferry RMV Scillonian III. It was only discovered as the ship was about to arrive in Penzance. The shrew was flown back to the Isles of Scilly the next day on a Skybus plane and then released back into its natural environment.[11]
References
Palomo, L.; Kryêtufek, B.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R. (2016). "Crocidura suaveolens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29656A22296429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T29656A22296429.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
"Lesser white-toothed shrew". ARKive. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
Harris, S; Yalden, D. W. Mammals of the British Isles. The Mammal Society.
Antoni Alcover, J., ed. (1988). "Mamífers Actuals". els Mamífers de les Balears. Palma de Mallorca: Editorial Moll. pp. 82–84. ISBN 84-273-0265-7.
Yalden, D. (1999). The History of British Mammals. London: T & A D Poyser Ltd. ISBN 0-85661-110-7.
Lord D (2009). In CISFBR (ed.). Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2nd ed.). Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press. pp. 402–417. ISBN 978-1-901685-01-5.
Robinson, H.W. (1925) A New British Animal Discovered in Scilly. Scillonian 4: 123-4
"Scilly shrew". Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
Blair, W.N. (1926) Blair's White-toothed Shrew. Scillonian 5:164-5.
Cornish ferry stowaway shrew flown home, 17 June 2010 (accessed 2011-08-16)
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