White-toothed shrews (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Crocidura) of coastal islands of Vietnam

By

Abramov, Alexei
Bannikova, Anna
Rozhnov, Viatcheslav

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

207

Pages

37-47

Subjects

Biogeography , Cat Ba , Con Dao , Crocidura attenuata , Crocidura fuliginosa , Crocidura phuquocensis , Phu Quoc , SE Asia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.207.3237

 

Abstract

New findings of the white-toothed shrews (Crocidura spp.) from offshore islands of Vietnam are reported. The species identifications have been confirmed by the analysis of complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1140 bp). Crocidura phuquocensis is the only species found in the Phu Quoc Island. Crocidura fuliginosa has been recorded from two islands of the Con Dao Archipelago (Con Son and Bai Canh). The occurrence of C. fuliginosa in Vietnam has been genetically confirmed for the first time. Crocidura attenuata has been collected from the Cat Ba Island for the first time, and this finding corresponds well with the proposal that the species’ distribution is confined to the north and east of the Red River only.