{"offset":0,"limit":20,"endOfRecords":false,"results":[{"key":451777214,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"(Fig. 157)","source":"Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre","sourceTaxonKey":183823384},{"key":451777215,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"COMMENTS. — Status of this taxon is unclear as I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827: 326) suggested that the type had originated from Île de France (Mauritius) and that S. capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 is a synonym of Sorex indicus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811: 183 (synonyme of Suncus murinus (Linnaeus 1766; Hutterer 2005). Cabrera (1925: 143) placed Sorex capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 as a synonym of Sorex caeruleus Kerr, 1792, which is currently a synonym of Suncus murinus (Hutterer 2005: 260). This placement is tentative given the Asian distribution of Suncus murinus, but possibly reflects an early introduction to Cape Town as it is known to have been widely introduced to other locations including Madagascar, parts of eastern Africa, Comoros, Île de France (Mauritius) and Réunion Islands (Long 2003: 50 - 51; Hutterer 2005: 260; Cheke & Hume 2008: 95). Trouessart (1897: 199) and Meester (1961: 561). Hutterer (2005: 260) did not recognise capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811.","source":"Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre","sourceTaxonKey":183823384},{"key":451777216,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"COLLECTOR / S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811: 185) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Île de France (Mauritius). I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827: 326) noted that Sorex capensis, the only individual owned by the Museum, was reported by Péron and Lesueur, as from the Île de France (Mauritius), not Cape Town. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 7 August and 16 December 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER / S. — No data. Referred to by Girard (1856: 105).","source":"Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre","sourceTaxonKey":183823384},{"key":451777217,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80109 (Fig. 157; two living animals) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 363).","source":"Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre","sourceTaxonKey":183823384},{"key":451777218,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"vernacular_names","language":"eng","description":"COMMON NAME. — Asian House Shrew.","source":"Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre","sourceTaxonKey":183823384},{"key":451919787,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"COMMENT: Includes albicauda, auriculata, crassicaudus, duvernoyi, leucura, mauritiana, sacer, and geoffroyi; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1: 5. Gureev, 1979: 383, listed leucura as a distinct species without comment. Much of the present distribution is the result of human agency (K. F. Koopman).","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205123261},{"key":451919788,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka; India; Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim; Java; Sulawesi and surrounding islands; Guam; Japan; S. China; Taiwan; Israel; Egypt to Tanzania; Arabia; Sinai; Iraq; Madagascar; Zanzibar; Comoro Isis.","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205123261},{"key":451919789,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java.","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205123261},{"key":452597479,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"COMMENTS: A very variable species with a number of genetically distinct populations which almost behave like semispecies (Hasler et al., 1977; Yamagata et al., 1987; Yoshida, 1985). A number of laboratory strains have been established (Oda et al., 1985). Much of the present distribution is the result of human agency (Hutterer and Tranier, 1990). Includes albicauda, auriculata, crassicaudus, duvernoyi, leucura, mauritiana, sacer, and geoffroyi; see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). Includes edwardsiana (formerly in Crocidura), luzoniensis, occultidens, and palawanensis; see Heaney et al. (1987).","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205131202},{"key":452597480,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China, Taiwan, Japan, continental and peninsular Indomalayan Region; introduced into Guam, the Maidive Islands, and probably many other islands; introduced in historical times into coastal Affica (Egypt to Tanzania), Madagascar, the Comores, Mauritius, and Réunion, and into coastal Arabia (Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia).","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205131202},{"key":452597481,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java.","source":"Order Insectivora","sourceTaxonKey":205131202},{"key":452967767,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"Suncus murinus (Linnaeus 1766)","language":"eng","description":"<div><p>Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Asian house shrew—Cencurut rumah</p><p>Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch, 1864)</p></div>","source":"An annotated checklist of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia, with lists of hosts and pathogens","sourceTaxonKey":205697461,"creator":"Kazim, Abdul-Rahman;Houssaini, Jamal;Tappe, Dennis;Heo, Chong-Chin","contributor":"MagnoliaPress via Plazi","license":"No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation."},{"key":453041481,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"activity","language":"eng","description":"Activity patterns. The Asian House Shrew usually is active at night and often produces a high-pitched squeak.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041482,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Habitat. Various habitats near villages, towns, and cities: houses, buildings, gardens, rice fields, agriculture fields, livestock farms, grain warehouses, drains. The Asian House Shrew is mostly a commensal of humans but sometimes found in forests, scrublands, grasslands, and riverbanks. It might prefer humid condition but is found in relatively arid areas.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041483,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Movements, Home range and Social organization. Home ranges average 3190 m * for males and 614 m ” for females in Taiwan and 2556 m * for males in Japan (Ryukyu Islands). The Asian House Shrew has a strong, musky odor; and it is considered solitary and intolerant of conspecifics. Vocal sounds are associated with aggressive behavior and other communications.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041484,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"breeding","language":"eng","description":"Breeding. Asian House Shrews are monogamous. Before breeding, females construct nests in crevices or under piles of rubbish in some little-frequented storeroom. Breeding season varies geographically: seasonally or throughout the year, and one peak or two peaks per year, probably depending on monsoon season and temperature. Gestation usually lasts 30 - 31 days, and litters have 1 - 8 young. Lactation lasts c. 14 days, and weaning occurs at 15 - 20 days. Young starts to grow visible body fur within a few days after birth and are fully furred by the tenth day. Eyes do not open until 14 - 15 days old. Caravanning behavior is observed 1 - 3 weeks after birth, where a train or caravan is formed by holding firmly with their mouths onto the tail or hindquarters of their mother or littermate. Presumably, when the mother encounters something edible, she indicated this to the clinging young that break the caravan and fall upon the food. In the wild, the Asian House Shrew generally does not live beyond one year.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041485,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"conservation","language":"eng","description":"Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041486,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"Descriptive notes. Head-body 90 - 160 mm, tail 45 - 110 mm, hindfoot 16 - 26 mm; weight 23 - 5 - 147 - 3 g. Greater lengths of skulls are 28: 6 - 35 mm. The Asian House Shrew is large, and its body size is highly variable individually and geographically. Males are larger than females, but extent of sexual dimorphism differs geographically. Tail is relatively short and very thick at its base and tapers to fine point; it is covered with short and long silvery white hairs. Eyes are very small. Pelage is short, fine, and dense, varying in color individually and geographically: grayish white, grayish brown, dark gray, and blackish gray. Cases of albino-like individuals were reported from Japan. Females have three pairs of inguinal mammae. Pair of cutaneous scent glandsissituated behind shoulder in both sexes, but more developed in males than females. Skull is strong and heavy and has long and narrow rostrum and long interorbital region. I' is robust. Loss of P? and I’ occurs, varying geographically.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041487,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"Many subspecies and forms have been described within S. murinus, with ¢. 59 synonyms. Except that S. montanus from Sri Lanka consists of distinct species of S. murinus from genetic and morphological evidences, no subspecies of S. murinus are recognized here. Suncus murinus is believed to have originally been distributed in southern and South-east Asia and introduced by humans to south-eastern and eastern Asian islands, Arabia, and eastern Africa. In original and introduced distributions, S. murinus shows extensive morphological variation in body size and pelage color, both geographically and individually. Molecular phylogeographic study based on mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene indicated that specimens of S. murinus from Japan (Ryukyu Islands), China, Vietnam, and Indonesia formed a monophyletic group with less genetic variation; those from Sri [Lanka and Myanmar consisted ofat least four different groups each (including S. montanus); and those from Pakistan consists of two distinct groups. In Arabia and Africa, mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene showed that specimens of S. murinus from Zanzibar Island and south-western Iran had almost the same haplotypes; those from Réunion Island were clearly different from those from Madagascar and Grande Comore and were closely related to the phylogroup consisting of one Sri Lankan group and east and south-eastern Asian specimens. Karyotype also differs geographically: 2 n = 40 in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Philippines; 2 n = 35 - 40 in Malaysia; 2 n = 30 - 40 in India; and 2 n = 32 in Sri Lanka. Divergence and dispersal history in original and introduced distributions should be reevaluated with additional morphological and genetic studies. Monotypic.","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514},{"key":453041488,"taxonKey":2435520,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"Distribution. Originally distributed throughout the Indo-Malayan Region and S China, including Taiwan, Hainan, and Sri Lanka (only original range shaded in the map). Possible human-mediate introduced range in Maldives, islands of Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Japan (Kyushu and Ryukyu Is), Guam, Palau, and New Guinea. Introduced in historical times into East Africa (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania), Pemba and Zanzibar (Unguja) Is, Madagascar, Comoro Is, Mauritius, Réunion I, and into coastal Arabia (in the vicinity of seaports in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman).","source":"Soricidae","sourceTaxonKey":197840514}]}