The Andaman shrew or Andaman white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura andamanensis'') is a critically endangered species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class (biology), class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in Female#Mammalian female, females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to the South Andaman Island of

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. They are usually active by twilight or in the night and have specialized habitat requirements. Habitat loss due to selective logging, natural disasters such as tsunami and drastic weather change are thought to contribute to current population declines.

References

Crocidura Endemic fauna of the Andaman Islands Mammals of India Critically endangered fauna of Asia Mammals described in 1902 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub