Chodsigoa sodalis

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:

Chodsigoa sodalis

Species Authority:

Thomas, 1913

Common Name/s:

English

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Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Taxonomic Notes:

This species was formerly included as a synonym of Episoriculus fumidus (Hutterer 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H.
Reviewer/s:	Lunde, D. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Chanson, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Data Deficient, because it is known from only a few specimens, and there is no recent information on its population status, threats and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to Taiwan, Province of China (Smith and Xie 2008). Specimens have been collected from 1,560-2,438 m asl (Motokawa et al. 1998).
Countries:	Native: Taiwan, Province of China (Taiwan, Province of China (main island))
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is considered rare and is only known from five specimens (Motokawa et al. 1997 in Motokawa et al. 1998).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occupies broad-leaf forest (Smith and Xie 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss due to logging most likely poses a major threat to this species (China Vertebrate Red Data Book, in press)., although the amount of logging occurring at high elevations in Taiwan is decreasing

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss due to logging most likely poses a major threat to this species (China Vertebrate Red Data Book, in press)., although the amount of logging occurring at high elevations in Taiwan is decreasing

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no known conservation measures in place for this species. It is not known if it is present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the abundance, natural history and threats to this species. In China, it has been regionally Red Listed as Endangered C2a(i,ii) (Wang and Xie 2004).

Conservation Actions:

There are no known conservation measures in place for this species. It is not known if it is present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the abundance, natural history and threats to this species. In China, it has been regionally Red Listed as Endangered C2a(i,ii) (Wang and Xie 2004).

Citation:	Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Chodsigoa sodalis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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