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2019 , Vol. 44 >Issue 4: 279 - 293

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201927

Original Paper

A new species of the genus Crocidura from China based on molecular and morphological data (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)

  • Heng Zhang ,
  • Guiyou Wu ,
  • Mingxia Tang ,
  • Chunlin Li ,
  • Baowei Zhang ,
  • Yanqing Wu ,
  • Jianfei Yao ,
  • Shuo You ,
  • Chencheng Wang ,
  • Feng Cheng ,
  • Jingjing Chen
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  • 1School of Life Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; E-mail: 13856125044@163.com 2Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210000, China 3The Bureau of Parks and Woods of Mt. Huangshan Administrative Committee, Huangshan 245800, China 4School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China 5Unit of Evolutionary Biology/Systematic Zoology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Online published: 2019-10-24

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This work was supported by Biodiversity Survey, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Anhui Province Higher Education Revitalization Plan, 2014 Colleges and Universities Outstanding Youth Talent Support Program, 2017 Anhui Province Academic and Technical Leaders candidates (2017H130).

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Abstract

A new species of white-toothed shrew, Crocidura anhuiensis Zhang, Zhang & Li, sp. nov. is described from Mount Huang, China. Genetic sequence (mtDNA Cyt b gene) and morphological (external and skull) data are used to distinguish this newly discovered species. The phylogenetic analysis shows that the materials of this work are monophyletic and allied to C. attenuata by the uncorrected genetic distance 4.9–5.1%, which suggests a species-level divergence. Morphologically, the materials are different from C. attenuata by presenting a greater proportion of tail-to-body ratio and the presence of an obvious tooth root in the mandible. Based on those data, the unnamed species is described as a new species which is currently known only from the Wild Monkey Valley, Mount Huang, Anhui Province, China.

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Heng Zhang , Guiyou Wu , Mingxia Tang , Chunlin Li , Baowei Zhang , Yanqing Wu , Jianfei Yao , Shuo You , Chencheng Wang , Feng Cheng , Jingjing Chen . A new species of the genus Crocidura from China based on molecular and morphological data (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2019 , 44(4) : 279 -293 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201927

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