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Sumatran Giant White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura lepidura

Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Crocidura
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
Indonesia
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Sumatran Giant Shrew

About this species

Habitat
Rainforest in the west and hillsides in the south and east; up to about 2,000m, most common at 1,500–1,800m
Range
Endemic to Sumatra

The Sumatran giant shrew is a white-toothed shrew native to Sumatra. It is found in the rainforests to the west of the island and on hillsides in the south and east, up to about 2,000 m above sea level but most commonly at 1,500–1,800 m (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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