Crocidura orientalis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	EULIPOTYPHLA	SORICIDAE

Scientific Name:

Crocidura orientalis

Species Authority:

Jentink in Weber, 1890

Common Name/s:

English

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Oriental Shrew

Synonym/s:

Crocidura lawuana

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Chiozza, F.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from only a single location.

History:

1996

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Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known for certain only from the vicinity of the type locality at Cibodas, western Java (Indonesia), including Mount Pangrango and Mount Gede at altitudes of 1,800-2,700 m (Corbet and Hill 1992).
Countries:	Native: Indonesia
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	The abundance and population size of this species are not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits mountain forests of Java. It is not known whether or not it can adapt to anthropogenic habitats outside forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Most of its range is in a protected area, and it is unlikely to be facing any immediate threats, other than those inherent to a species with a small range at high elevations (such as climate change).

Major Threat(s):

Most of its range is in a protected area, and it is unlikely to be facing any immediate threats, other than those inherent to a species with a small range at high elevations (such as climate change).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is known from Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, natural history and potential threats to this species.

Conservation Actions:

This species is known from Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, natural history and potential threats to this species.

Citation:	Chiozza, F. 2008. Crocidura orientalis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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