Crocidura orientalis

– Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	MAMMALIA
Order:	SORICOMORPHA
Family:	SORICIDAE
Scientific Name:	Crocidura orientalis
Species Authority:	Jentink, 1890
Taxonomic Notes:	Hutterer in Wilson and Reeder (1993) treats this as a a synonym of C. fuliginosa.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:	VU D2 ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Insectivore Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Range Description:	This species has been recorded from Cibodas, western Java, including Mt Pangrango and Mt Gede at an altitudinal range of 1,800–2,700 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Threats

List of Threats:

1	Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) (ongoing)
9.9	Intrinsic factors - Restricted range (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Corbet, G.B. 1992. In: G.A. Corbet and J.E. Hill (eds) Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A Systematic Review. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Stone, D. (compiler) 1996. Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree Shrew and Elephant Shrew Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switerzland.

Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.

Citation:	Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Crocidura orientalis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 August 2008.
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