| Crocidura hikmiya | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. hikmiya |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura hikmiya Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda & Schneider, 2007 | |
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| Crocidura hikmiya range | |
Crocidura hikmiya (Sinharaja shrew orSri Lankan rain forest shrew) is aspecies ofshrew described from therainforests ofSri Lanka, based on bothmorphological andmolecular data. Its closest sister species is theSri Lankan long-tailed shrew, another Sri Lankancrocidurineshrew restricted to the high-elevation habitats of theCentral Highlands.C. hikmiya has a shorter tail than the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew. Most of the other characteristics that distinguish the two species areosteological natured .[2]
The specific epithethikmiya is Sinhala for 'shrew', applied here as a substantive in apposition. It is known as ශ්රී ලංකා සිංහරාජ කුනු හික් මීයා in Sinhala.
It is known only from two forest-edge sites inSinharaja Forest Reserve, at Kudawa and Morningside.
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