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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project<br />

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Appendix 5<br />

CHINESE EARED SHREW-MOLE UROPSILUS SORICIPES<br />

Global Range: China endemic<br />

China Range: species known only from a small area in Sichuan Province; records<br />

from the Project Area should be confirmed<br />

Habitat and ecology: a shrew, foraging on invertebrate fauna in mature forests; ecology<br />

unknown<br />

Biomes: terrestrial<br />

Habitats: forest – sub-tropical to temperate<br />

Conservation Status:<br />

Global status: Endangered 67 ; evaluated in 1996<br />

CITES:<br />

China Red Data Book: Vulnerable<br />

National protection:<br />

Shaanxi protection:<br />

Threats & constraints: known only from one small area in Sichuan; threats presumed to be<br />

habitat destruction; constraint is lack of knowledge of the species;<br />

Research, survey and management recommendations<br />

Conservation: pending outcome of field studies<br />

Research & monitoring: Determine status on Project Area through capture-mark-release field<br />

study; determine species range on the Project Area and in the Qinling<br />

Protection: Encourage actions to ensure that the species receives the fullest<br />

possible national and Shaanxi Province legislative protection.<br />

Capacity building: Work with CAS and SFD specialists on field study methods and<br />

research design<br />

67 adapted from IUCN World Conservation Union Species Survival Commission Red List of Threatened Species<br />

97

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