Species of shrew
Narcondam shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Eulipotyphla
Family:
Soricidae
Genus:
Crocidura
Species:
C. narcondamica
Binomial name
Crocidura narcondamica Kamalakannan et al., 2021
The Narcondam shrew (Crocidura narcondamica ) is a white-toothed shrew in the family Soricidae . It is endemic to Narcondam Island , a small, remote, volcanic island situated in Andaman Sea and considered part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It was discovered in April 2020 and was described about a year later in 2021.[1] [2] [3]
The species lives in the sub-leaf stratum of the forest floor and primarily feeds on insects. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Narcondam Island.[1] It is one of two endemic fauna of the island, the other being the Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami ). The species displays significant genetic divergence from mainland Asian species such as the Chinese white-toothed shrew (Crocidura rapax ), and even greater divergence from other endemic Crocidura species from the Andaman-Nicobar islands, such as the Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis ) and Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica ); this indicates that C. narcondamica and the other endemic shrews of the Andamans and Nicobars are likely not the results of a single adaptive radiation as they initially appear, but rather represent at least three independent colonization events from the Asian mainland.[1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Erinaceinae
Atelerix Erinaceus
Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis )
Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor )
West European hedgehog (E. europaeus )
Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus )
Hemiechinus
Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus )
Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris )
Mesechinus Paraechinus
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Galericinae
Echinosorex Hylomys
Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis )
Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus )
Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus )
Neohylomys
Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis )
Neotetracus
Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis )
Podogymnura
Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula )
Mindanao gymnure (P. truei )
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae
Crocidura (White-toothed shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae (continued)
Diplomesodon
Piebald shrew (D. pulchellum )
Feroculus Palawanosorex Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews) Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori shrew (R. suncoides )
Scutisorex Solisorex Suncus Sylvisorex (Forest shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae
Anourosoricini
Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews)
Blarinellini
Blarina (American short-tailed shrews) Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews)
Nectogalini
Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews) Chodsigoa Episoriculus Nectogale
Elegant water shrew (N. elegans )
Neomys
Mediterranean water shrew (N. anomalus )
Eurasian water shrew (N. fodiens )
Transcaucasian water shrew (N. teres )
Soriculus
Himalayan shrew (S. nigrescens )
Notiosoricini
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae (tribe: Soricini )
Sorex (Long-tailed shrews)
Subgenus
Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar )
Smoky shrew (S. fumeus )
American pygmy shrew (S. hoyi )
Large-toothed shrew (S. macrodon )
Carmen mountain shrew (S. milleri )
Dwarf shrew (S. nanus )
Mexican long-tailed shrew (S. oreopolus )
Orizaba long-tailed shrew (S. orizabae )
Ornate shrew (S. ornatus )
Inyo shrew (S. tenellus )
Verapaz shrew (S. veraepacis )
S. vagrans complex
Glacier Bay water shrew (S. alaskanus )
Baird's shrew (S. bairdii )
Marsh shrew (S. bendirii )
Montane shrew (S. monticolus )
New Mexico shrew (S. neomexicanus )
Pacific shrew (S. pacificus )
American water shrew (S. palustris )
Fog shrew (S. sonomae )
Vagrant shrew (S. vagrans )
S. cinereus group
Kamchatka shrew (S. camtschatica )
Cinereus shrew (S. cinereus )
Prairie shrew (S. haydeni )
Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni )
Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster )
Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris )
Mount Lyell shrew (S. lyelli )
Portenko's shrew (S. portenkoi )
Preble's shrew (S. preblei )
Pribilof Island shrew (S. pribilofensis )
Olympic shrew (S. rohweri )
Barren ground shrew (S. ugyunak )
Subgenus incertae sedis
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Myosoricinae
Congosorex (Congo shrews) Myosorex (Mouse shrews) Surdisorex (African mole shrews)
Scalopinae (New World moles and relatives)
Condylura
Star-nosed mole (C. cristata )
Parascalops
Hairy-tailed mole (P. breweri )
Scalopus
Eastern mole (S. aquaticus )
Scapanulus Scapanus (Western North American moles)
Talpinae (Old World moles and relatives)
Euroscaptor Mogera
Echigo mole (M. etigo )
Insular mole (M. insularis )
Kano mole (M. kanoana )
Kobe mole (M. kobeae )
Small Japanese mole (M. imaizumii )
Large mole (M. robusta )
Sado mole (M. tokudae )
Japanese mole (M. wogura )
Senkaku mole (M. uchidai )
Parascaptor Scaptochirus
Short-faced mole (S. moschatus )
Talpa Scaptonyx
Long-tailed mole (S. fusicaudus )
Desmana
Russian desman (D. moschata )
Galemys
Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus )
Dymecodon Urotrichus
Japanese shrew mole (U. talpoides )
Neurotrichus
American shrew mole (N. gibbsii )
Uropsilinae (Chinese shrew-like moles)
Solenodon
Cuban solenodon (S. cubanus )
Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus )