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Crocidura mindorus
Miller, 1910. Proc. U. S. Nat. Hist.
Mus. 38:392.
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ORDER—INSECTIVORA
FAMILY—Soricidae
COMMON NAME—Mindoro shrew.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines only; endemic to Mindoro (USNM) and Sibuyan
(FMNH) islands (Heaney and Ruedi, 1994).
HABITAT—On Mindoro, taken only in high-elevation
primary forest; on Sibuyan, uncommon in forest from 325 m to 1325 m.
STATUS—Known on Mindoro only from two specimens taken in 1906 at
6300 ft. elevation on Mt. Halcon, and on Sibuyan from six specimens taken
in 1989 and 1992 (Goodman & Ingle, 1993; Goodman & Heaney, in
unpubl. data). Mindoro and Sibuyan have undergone extensive deforestation.
Probably vulnerable; surveys are needed. IUCN: Endangered
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