Biology:Black shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Black shrew[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Suncus
Species:
S. ater
Binomial name
Suncus ater
(Medway, 1965)
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Black shrew range

The black shrew (Suncus ater) is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

It is known from a single specimen (holotype) which was collected in montane forest at 1,600 meters elevation.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1766540 entry