Bangka White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura vosmaeri

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

Other names: Bangka Shrew

About this species

Habitat: Primary and secondary lowland forest
Range: Bangka Island, Indonesia, and possibly Sumatra

The Banka shrew is a white-toothed shrew known only from Bangka Island in Indonesia and possibly Sumatra. It lives in primary and secondary lowland forest, and it is not clear whether it can adapt to human settlements such as plantations. It is threatened by forest loss to logging, expanding plantations such as oil palm, and mining (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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