Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1665, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Meegaskumbura, Suyama ^a,b   Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^a,c   Pethiyagoda, Rohan ^c   Manamendra Arachchi, Kelum ^c   Schneider, Christopher J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Wildlife Heritage Trust Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Crocidura miya; Phylogenetics; Shrew taxonomy; Sinharaja

Indexed keywords

CROCIDURA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 38149134498     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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