Discovery of De Winton′s Shrew (Chodsigoa hypsibia) in Dabie Mountains, Anhui Province
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    One male shrew specimen was collected from Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve (30°59′04.73″N, 116°04′44.36″E, alt. 1 228 m), Yuexi, Anhui Province, in May 2017. The body is brownish gray, the tail is about 80% of its body length; the skull length is longer than 19 mm with three unicuspid teeth in the upper row tooth, and the dental formula is 1.3.1.3/1.1.1.3 = 28 (Fig. 2). These morphological characteristics indicate that it is De Winton′s Shrew (Chodsigoa hypsibia). Based on the 1 140 bp mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence, combined with the homologous sequences of four Chodsigoa species retrieved from GenBank (Table 1), the phylogenetic relationship was reconstructed by Bayesian Infer. In the phylogenetic tree (Fig. 1), this individual clustered with C. hypsibia, and they combined into a monophyletic clade together. In addition, it has the closest genetic distance with C. hypsibia than with the other species. Based on the above evidence, we confirmed this individual was C. hypsibia, recorded first time in Anhui Province. This recording expanded the distribution range of this species in China.

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ZHANG Heng, 钱立富, 周磊, 王陈成, 杨柳, 谈凯, 占海生, 赵凯,ZHANG Bao-Wei. 2018. Discovery of De Winton′s Shrew (Chodsigoa hypsibia) in Dabie Mountains, Anhui Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 53(1): 40-45.

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  • Received:August 07,2017
  • Revised:January 05,2018
  • Adopted:December 28,2017
  • Online: January 25,2018
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