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| Common Mindanao Shrew (Crocidura beatus) |
| Common Names: Common
Mindanao shrew Discoverer: Miller, 1910 Status: Widespread and locally abundant; stable. Habitat/Distribution: Endemic to the Philippines; widespread in Mindanao faunal region and on Camiguin. Recorded from Biliran [USNM], Bohol (USNM), Camiguin [FMNH], Leyte [USNM], Maripipi [UMMZ], and Mindanao [Agusan, Bukidnon [FMNH], Cotabato [PNM], Misamis Occidental [FMNH], Zamboanga [FMNH] provinces) (Heaney and Ruedi, 1994). Habitat : Common in primary forest, especially at higher elevations; uncommon in secondary forest; absent outside of forest (Heaney et al., 1989; Rickart et al., 1993). Comment: Includes C. parvacauda (Heaney and Ruedi, 1994). Photograph Information: courtesy of "Mammals of the Philippines" by Heaney [ head drawing], "A Synopsis of the Mammalian Fauna of the Philippine Islands" by ©2002 (photograph by P. Heideman) |
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