Lesser White-toothed Shrew

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Lesser White-toothed Shrew[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. suaveolens
Binomial name
Crocidura suaveolens
(Pallas, 1811)

The Lesser White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew found in Europe. Its preferred habitat is woodlands. The population found on the Isles of Scilly, to which it is presumed to have been introduced, forages on beaches, which is unusual behaviour for the species.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 250. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Crocidura suaveolens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-12. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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