. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Shrews of Arabia 67. Fig. 6: Skull and mandible of Crocidura arábica n. sp. (HZM , holotype). Scale is 5 mm and 1 mm (enlarged M3). Etymology: Named for Arabia, the geographic region to which the new species is apparently confined. Distribution: Known so far from three localities in Oman and one in South Yemen (Fig. 4). Habitat: The holotype was collected in a south-facing slope covered by trees and long grass. One paratype was collected in a coastal plain co
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Shrews of Arabia 67. Fig. 6: Skull and mandible of Crocidura arábica n. sp. (HZM , holotype). Scale is 5 mm and 1 mm (enlarged M3). Etymology: Named for Arabia, the geographic region to which the new species is apparently confined. Distribution: Known so far from three localities in Oman and one in South Yemen (Fig. 4). Habitat: The holotype was collected in a south-facing slope covered by trees and long grass. One paratype was collected in a coastal plain covered by dense grassland. These localities are known for their high quantity of endemic plants (Radcliffe- Smith 1980). Remarks: The specimens were first mentioned by Harrison (1980) under the name C. suaveolens. A comparison of cranial and dental characters (Figs. 2, 3, 6) clearly shows that two different taxa are involved. Several characters of the new species point to an African origin. The most obvious character, the highly reduced M3, is only matched by the species of the subgenus Afrosorex (Hutterer 1986), and to a lesser extent by some African savanna shrews. The long and diverging interorbital region is also found in several African but not in Eurasian Crocidura. The mouse grey pelage is shared by C. flowed Dollman, 1915 and C. religiosa (Geoffroy, 1827) of Egypt. Crocidura flowed may be the nearest relative of C. arábica n. sp.; colouration, body size and cranial dimensions agree quite well. However, C. floweri has a well developed third upper molar. The species is now endemic to northern Egypt (Osborn & Helmy 1980). C. floweri is probably related to C crossei Thomas, 1895, a common species in forest and savanna of West Africa (Hutterer & Happold 1983). Skull and dentition of C. crossei show more derived characters than C. floweri. We suggest that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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