Mammals of the WorldIndochinese White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura indochinensis
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- China|Myanmar|Laos|Vietnam|Thailand
- Realm
- Palearctic|Indomalaya
Other names: Indochinese Shrew
About this species
- Range
- Myanmar, Vietnam and Yunnan (China)
The Indochinese shrew is a species of white-toothed shrew native to Southeast Asia. It was first identified in 1922 by Herbert C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. It is often treated as a subspecies of Horsfield's shrew, but has a different range, occurring in Myanmar, Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is on the smaller end of shrews, with dark brownish-grey fur and a long, slender tail, intermediate in size between the larger voracious shrew and the smaller Chinese white-toothed shrew. No body weight data are available.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)