:Batak shrew
{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{speciesbox
| genus = Crocidura
| species = batakorum
| authority = Hutterer, 2007
| range_map = Range_Crocidura_batakorum.png
}}
The Batak shrew (Crocidura batakorum) is a species of shrew from the Philippines.{{cite journal |author=Rainer Hutterer |year=2007 |title=Records of shrews from Panay and Palawan, Philippines, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) |journal=Lynx (Praha) |volume=38 |pages=5–20 |url=http://www.nm.cz/publikace/publikace-download.php?name=File1&dir=archiv&table=tabPublikaceArchiv&id=2139 |series=n.s. |format=PDF |access-date=2012-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060135/http://www.nm.cz/publikace/publikace-download.php?name=File1&dir=archiv&table=tabPublikaceArchiv&id=2139 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
Description
The Batak shrew is of small size, its head and body length of {{convert|63.5|mm|1}}, tail {{convert|43|mm|abbr=on}}, of which the proximal {{convert|22|mm|abbr=on}} are sparsely covered by longer bristles, hindfoot {{convert|12.4|mm|abbr=on}} with claw and {{convert|11.5|mm|abbr=on}} without claw. The shrew's head is short and pointed, with sparse vibrissae up to {{convert|14|mm|abbr=on}} in length. Its dorsal and ventral pelage is dark brown. Its hairs are {{convert|4.8|mm|abbr=on}} on the dorsum and {{convert|4.3|mm|abbr=on}} on the mid-venter in length. Its body hairs are uniformly coloured from base to tip.
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Category:Mammals of the Philippines
Category:Mammals described in 2007
Category:Endemic fauna of the Philippines
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