Crocidura pergrisea

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	EULIPOTYPHLA	SORICIDAE

Scientific Name:

Crocidura pergrisea

Species Authority:

Miller, 1913

Common Name/s:

English

–

Pale Grey Shrew

Taxonomic Notes:

Hutterer (2005) recognizes this species as distinct from C. zarudnyi following Jenkins (1976) and places all the largest specimens from Baltistan in this species. Roberts (1997) reports further localities from Pakistan which provisionally may belong to C. zarudnyi.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainty as to its extent of occurrence, natural history, threats and conservation status.

History:

1996

–

Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only with certainty from the type locality of Skoro Loomba, in Pakistan administered Kashmir, at an elevation of around 2,900 m asl (Hutterer 2005).
Countries:	Native: Pakistan
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information available on the population of this species (Molur et al. 2005).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is found in montane temperate forests (Molur et al. 2005).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats not known for this species or habitat where it occurs (Molur et al. 2005).

Major Threat(s):

Threats not known for this species or habitat where it occurs (Molur et al. 2005).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known from any protected areas within its range. General taxonomic research and field surveys are needed for this poorly known species (Molur et al. 2005).

Conservation Actions:

It is not known from any protected areas within its range. General taxonomic research and field surveys are needed for this poorly known species (Molur et al. 2005).

Citation:	Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. 2008. Crocidura pergrisea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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