Crocidura suaveolens

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Soricomorpha
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura suaveolens

Name

Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)

Type Locality: Khersones, Crimea, Southern Russia

Synonyms

* Crocidura ilensis Miller, 1901

type lolality: Kukturuk Ili, W. Sinkiang, (Western Chinese Turkestan)

* Crocidura coreae Thomas, 1908

type locality: Min-gyong, 110 miles south-east of Seoul, Korea

* Crocidura (Crocidura) coreae: Kishida, 1924
* Crocidura (?dsi-nezumi) coreae: Kuroda, 1938
* Crocidura ilensis corear: Imaizumi, 1949

References

* Crocidura suaveolens on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Abe, H. and Y. Yokohata, 1998. The Natural History of Insectivora (Mammalia) in Japan. (Shobara, Hiroshima) ISBN 916116-05-4
* Miller, 1901. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 14: 157.
* Pallas, 1811. Zoogr. Ross. As., I: 133, pl. 9, fig. 2.
* Thomas, O., 1908. The Duke of Bedford's Zoological Expedition in Eastern Asia. VII. List of mammals from the Tsushima Island. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 47-54.

Vernacular names
Ελληνικά : Κηπομυγαλίδα
English: Lesser white-toothed shrew
Español: Musaraña de campo
日本語: コジネズミ
Polski: Zębiełek karliczek

The Lesser White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew found in Europe, but not on the mainland of Great Britain.[3] Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, worms, slugs, snails and small mice. The closely related Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.

Like the common shrew, a female lesser white-toothed shrew and her young may form a "caravan" when foraging for food or seeking a place of safety: each shrew grips the tail of the shrew in front so that the group stays together.[3]

The Scilly Shrew

The population found on the Isles of Scilly, off the south-west coast of England, is thought to be a sub-species, Crocidura suaveolens cassiteridum, which is unqiue to those islands[3] and is known as the Scilly Shrew. It is unusual in that is found on the islands' beaches. Archaeological remains indicate that it was present on the islands in the bronze age, so it may have been present before the Isles of Scilly became separated from the European continent, or have migrated from the Channel Islands or Europe on-board ships.[4]

References

1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 250. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Crocidura suaveolens. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-05-12. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
3. ^ a b c "Lesser white-toothed shrew". ARKive. http://www.arkive.org/lesser-white-toothed-shrew/crocidura-suaveolens/#text=All. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
4. ^ "Scilly shrew". Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. http://www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/scilly_mammals/scilly_shrew.htm. Retrieved 21 December 2010.