Mindoro Shrew (Crocidura mindorus)

Common Names:                 Discoverer:   Miller, 1910 IUCN: ENDANGERED Distribution: Philippines only; endemic to Mindoro (USNM) and Sibuyan (FMNH) islands (Heaney and Ruedi, 1994). Habitat: On Mindoro, taken only in high-elevation primary forest; on Sibuyan, uncommon in forest from 325 m to 1325 m. Status: Known on Mindoro only from two specimens taken in 1906 at 6300 ft. elevation on Mt. Halcon, and on Sibuyan from six specimens taken in 1989 and 1992 (Goodman & Ingle, 1993; Goodman & Heaney, in unpubl. data). Mindoro and Sibuyan have undergone extensive deforestation. Probably vulnerable; surveys are needed. Comment: Photograph Information: courtesy of  The Field Museum, Chicago

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