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Crocidura
beatus
Miller, 1910. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 38:392.
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ORDER—INSECTIVORA
FAMILY—Soricidae
COMMON NAME—Common
Mindanao shrew.
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic to the Philippines; widespread in Mindanao faunal
region and on Camiguin. Recorded from Biliran [USNM], Bohol (USNM), Camiguin
[FMNH], Leyte [USNM], Maripipi [UMMZ], and Mindanao [Agusan, Bukidnon
[FMNH], Cotabato [PNM], Misamis Occidental [FMNH], Zamboanga [FMNH] provinces)
(Heaney and Ruedi, 1994).
HABITAT—Common in primary forest, especially at higher elevations;
uncommon in secondary forest; absent outside of forest (Heaney et al.,
1989; Rickart et al., 1993).
STATUS—Widespread and locally abundant; stable.
COMMENT—Includes C. parvacauda
(Heaney and Ruedi, 1994).
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(photograph by P. Heideman)
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