409. Long-tailed White-toothed Shrew Crocidura dolichura French: Crocidure a longue queue / German: Langschwanz-Wei 3zahnspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana de cola larga Other common names: Long-tailed Musk Shrew Taxonomy. Crocidura dolichura Peters, 1876, Bonjongo, Cameroon. Crocidura dolichura seems to be sister to C. crenata, but additional research is needed to clarify its taxonomic position. Monotypic. Distribution. S Nigeria, S Cameroon, S Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini and Bioko I), N Gabon, Republic of the Congo, DR Congo, W Rwanda, and W Burundi. Descriptive notes. Head—body 60-70 mm,tail 73-75 mm, ear 9-10 mm, hindfoot 12-13 mm; weight 4-7 g. The Long-tailed White-toothed Shrew is medium-sized. Dorsal pelage is deep grayish brown, and ventral pelage is slightly paler gray. Hindfeet are relatively short, and feet are covered with scattered white hairs. Tail is 125-150% of head-body length, nearly naked, and brown. Skull is laterally depressed and rounded with an oval-shaped braincase. Dentitions is weak, I' and unicuspids are very small, and M? is large. There are three unicuspids. Habitat. Primary and secondary rainforests and montane forests. Food and Feeding. Stomach contents of one Long-tailed White-toothed Shrew included ants, adult flies, larval lepidopterans, millipedes, and spiders. Breeding. Embryo count averages 2-5 embryos/female (range 2-3 embryos). Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Longtailed White-toothed Shrew is widespread but considered uncommon. It might be threatened because much of its distribution is experiencing significant habitat loss. Bibliography. Brosset (1988), Goodman et al. (2001), Happold (1987), Heim de Balsac (1957), Hutterer & Happold (1983), Hutterer & Schlitter (1996), Hutterer, Howell & Jenkins (2016), Lasso et al. (1996), Quérouil et al. (2003), Ray & Hutterer (1996, 2013c), Southern & Hook (1963).

Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Soricidae, pp. 332-551 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 537-538, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6870843