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Crocidura
negrina
Rabor, 1952. Chicago
Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Misc. 96:6.

©2002
ORDERINSECTIVORA
FAMILYSoricidae
COMMON NAMENegros shrew.
DISTRIBUTIONPhilippines only; endemic to Negros Island (FMNH).
HABITATKnown only from six specimens taken
in primary lowland and montane forest from ca. 500 m to 1450 m elevation
in southern Negros (UMMZ) (Heaney & Ruedi, 1994;
Heaney & Utzurrum, 1991;Rabor,
1986).
STATUSRare because of restricted range and habitat destruction (Heaney
& Utzurrum, 1991). IUCN: Critically Endangered
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