Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Soricidae Scientific name Crocidura hikmiya | Phylum Chordata Order Eulipotyphla Genus Crocidura Rank Species | |
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Similar Kinabalu shrew, Jackass shrew, Caspian shrew, Sri Lankan long‑tailed shrew, Desperate shrew | ||
Crocidura hikmiya (Sinharaja shrew or Sri Lankan rain forest shrew) is a species of shrew described from the rainforests of Sri Lanka, based on both morphological and molecular data. Its closest sister species is the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew, another Sri Lankan crocidurine shrew restricted to the high-elevation habitats of the Central Highlands. C. hikmiya has a shorter tail than the Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew; most of the other characteristics that distinguish the two species are osteological in nature .
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Etymology
The specific epithet hikmiya is Sinhala for ‘shrew’, applied here as a substantive in apposition. It is known as ශ්රී ලංකා සිංහරාජ කුනු හික් මීයා in Sinhala.
Habitat
It is known only from two forest-edge sites in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, at Kudawa and Morningside.