Mammals of the WorldKe Go White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura kegoensis
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Vietnam
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Ke Go Shrew
About this species
- Habitat
- Lowland forest (holotype at about 200m)
- Range
- Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam
Crocidura kegoensis, also known as the Ke Go shrew or Ke Go white-toothed shrew, is a species of shrew described in 2004. It is smaller than other Crocidura species known from Vietnam, brownish-grey in colour with black markings on the muzzle. Its hair is short, 1.5 mm on the back and 1.0 mm on the underside (Wikipedia, general species account).
The holotype was found in Ke Go Nature Reserve, Ha Tinh Province, at an altitude of about 200 m, and its measurements make it the smallest described Vietnamese species in its genus.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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