Biology:Batak shrew
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Short description: Species of mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. batakorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura batakorum Hutterer, 2007
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The Batak shrew (Crocidura batakorum) is a species of shrew from the Philippines .[1]
Description
It is of small size, its head and body length of 63.5 millimetres (2.5 in), tail 43 mm (1.7 in), of which the proximal 22 mm (0.87 in) are sparsely covered by longer bristles, hindfoot 12.4 mm (0.49 in) with claw and 11.5 mm (0.45 in) without claw. Its head is short and pointed, with sparse vibrissae up to 14 mm (0.55 in) in length. Its dorsal and ventral pelage is dark brown. Its hairs are 4.8 mm (0.19 in) on the dorsum and 4.3 mm (0.17 in) on the mid-venter in length. Its body hairs are uniformly coloured from base to tip.
References
- ↑ Rainer Hutterer (2007). "Records of shrews from Panay and Palawan, Philippines, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae)" (PDF). Lynx (Praha). n.s. 38: 5–20. http://www.nm.cz/publikace/publikace-download.php?name=File1&dir=archiv&table=tabPublikaceArchiv&id=2139. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
Wikidata ☰ Q2019717 entry
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