Sokolov White-toothed Shrew

About this species

Size

Head and body 70–78mm; tail 65–68mm

Habitat

Montane forest at 2,300–2,400m

Range

Ngoc Linh mountain, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam

Sokolov's shrew is a species of shrew endemic to Vietnam. It is an intermediate-sized Crocidura with a long tail that is thickened at the base and covered with coarse hairs, and long, soft, dense grey-brown wool over the body. Head and body length is 70 to 78 mm, tail length 65 to 68 mm and hind foot 14 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).

The species is restricted to Ngoc Linh mountain in Kon Tum Province and is known from three males trapped in April 2004 at 2,300–2,400 m in forest on the western side of the mountain. It is named after the Russian zoologist Vladimir Sokolov (1928–1998), and with Crocidura zaitsevi it is endemic to Ngoc Linh.

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