Nagaland Shrew

Nagasorex albidens

Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Nagasorex
IUCN status: NE
Distribution: India
Realm: Indomalaya

About this species

Range: North-eastern India: Naga Hills, Nagaland (endemic)

The Nagaland shrew, Nagasorex albidens, is a shrew in the family Soricidae and the only species in the genus Nagasorex. It is endemic to north-eastern India (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was described from a single specimen collected in the Naga Hills of Nagaland in 1950, and was formally described as a new genus and species in June 2025. Almost nothing else is known about it (Wikipedia, general species account).

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

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