Crocidura andamanensis Miller, 1902

Andaman white-toothed shrew, Andaman shrew

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Praesorex andamanensis Miller, 1902

Conservation Status

Last record: 1902

Rediscovered: 1999

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

Andaman Islands, India

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Das, I. 1999. A noteworthy collection of mammals from Mount Harriet, Andaman Islands, India. Journal of South Asian Natural History 4(2): 181-185.

Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]

Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 220-311. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Molur, S. (2016). Crocidura andamanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T5595A22303530. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5595A22303530.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2017.

Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P.O. and Ravikumar, L. 2005. Status of non-volant small mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P) workshop report. Zoo Outreach Organisation / CBSG-South Asia., Comibatore, India.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/12338/andaman-white-toothed-shrew

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