Mammals of the WorldPhan Luong White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura phanluongi
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Cambodia|Vietnam
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 54–66mm; tail 40–48mm
- Range
- Southern Vietnam and nearby Cambodia
Crocidura phanluongi is a species of shrew from southern Vietnam and nearby Cambodia. It is a small to medium-sized grey shrew with a relatively long tail and an ecologically diverse distribution. The fur is dark grey above and somewhat paler below, and the upper surfaces of the feet are paler still; Cambodian specimens are grey-brown above and silver-grey below (Wikipedia, general species account).
Head and body length is 54 to 66 mm, averaging 59.6 mm, and tail length is 40 to 48 mm, averaging 44.4 mm. In the skull, the interorbital region is narrow, the upper third molar is slender and the talonid of the lower third molar is reduced.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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