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White-toothed Shrews
Crocidurinae
The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.
The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike that of the red-toothed shrews which possess iron-reinforced enamel. These species are typically found in Africa and southern Europe and Asia. This subfamily includes the largest shrew, the Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus, at about 15 cm in length, and the smallest, the Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, at about 3.5 cm in length and 2 grams in weight. The latter is possibly the world's smallest extant mammal, although some give this title to the bumblebee bat. Crocidura contains the most species of any mammal genus.
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 263 known species
Musk Shrews
genusCrocidura
Suncus
genusSuncus
Diplomesodon
genusDiplomesodon
Forest Shrews
genusSylvisorex
Feroculus
genusFeroculus
Solisorex
genusSolisorex
Hero Shrews
genusScutisorex
Ruwenzorisorex
genusRuwenzorisorex
Palawanosorex
genusPalawanosorex
Large-headed Shrews
genusParacrocidura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 496911.