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Piebald Shrew
The piebald shrew (''Diplomesodon pulchellus'') is a shrew found in the Turan Lowland east of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It grows to to in length, and usually hunts for insects and lizards at night. Taxonomy It is the monotypic, only extant member of the genus ''Diplomesodon''. In 2011, A. Cheke described a new and possibly extinct species based on a 19th-century manuscript: ''Diplomesodon sonnerati'' (Sonnerat's shrew). It was described again in 2018 to meet certain validity requirements of the ICZN code. The American Society of Mammalogists considers ''D. sonnerati'' to be a subspecies of the piebald shrew, if it exists. References *Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005. Mammals of Central Asia White-toothed shrews Mammals described in 1823 {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Irish Tinker Horse 2
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