Sylvisorex howelli

– Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

SORICOMORPHA

Family:

SORICIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sylvisorex howelli

Species Authority:

Jenkins, 1984

Common Name/s:

English

—

HOWELL'S SHREW

Taxonomic Notes:

Includes usambarensis at the moment. Generic synonym = Suncus.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

VU D2 ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

Hutterer, R.

Evaluator/s:

Hutterer, R. & Baxter, R. (Insectivore Red List Authority)

Justification:

S. howelli is recorded from few sites in Tanzania.

History:

1990	-	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1996	-	Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	This species is known only from two specimens in the mountain forests of east-central and northeastern Tanzania. It has been recorded from the Ulugurus and Usambaras.
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.9	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Threats

List of Threats:

9.9	Intrinsic factors - Restricted range (ongoing)
12	Unknown (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

List of Conservation Actions:

0	No conservation actions (in place)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Insectivore Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Nicoll, M.E. and Rathbun, G.B. (compilers) 1990. African Insectivora and Elephant-Shrews: An Action Plan for their Conservation. IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree-Shrew and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Citation:	Hutterer, R. 2004. Sylvisorex howelli. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 August 2008.
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