''Suncus'' is a genus of
shrew
Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to diffe ...
s in the family
Soricidae.
Classification
*Genus ''Suncus''
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Taita shrew
The Taita shrew (''Suncus aequatorius'') is an extant species of white-toothed shrew from two localities in the Taita Hills mountain range in the Taita-Taveta District of southwestern Kenya. Given the continuing decline in the quality of this hab ...
, ''Suncus aequatorius''
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Black shrew
The black shrew (''Suncus ater'') is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world a ...
, ''Suncus ater''
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Day's shrew, ''Suncus dayi''
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Etruscan shrew
The Etruscan shrew (''Suncus etruscus''), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as the smallest mamm ...
, ''Suncus etruscus''
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Sri Lankan shrew, ''Suncus fellowesgordoni''
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Bornean pygmy shrew, ''Suncus hosei''
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Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, ''Suncus hututsi''
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Least dwarf shrew
The least dwarf shrew (''Suncus infinitesimus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, and Uganda. ...
, ''Suncus infinitesimus''
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Greater dwarf shrew, ''Suncus lixa''
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Madagascan pygmy shrew
The Madagascan pygmy shrew (''Suncus madagascariensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is the only known Malagasy shrew.
Taxonomy
Some taxonomists regard it as conspecific with the widely distributed Etruscan shrew, the s ...
, ''Suncus madagascariensis''
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Malayan pygmy shrew
The Malayan pygmy shrew (''Suncus malayanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It can be found in Malaysia and Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country ...
, ''Suncus malayanus''
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Climbing shrew, ''Suncus megalurus''
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Flores shrew, ''Suncus mertensi''
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Asian highland shrew
The Asian highland shrew (''Suncus montanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்� ...
, ''Suncus montanus''
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Asian house shrew
The Asian house shrew (''Suncus murinus'') is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced i ...
, ''Suncus murinus''
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Remy's pygmy shrew
Remy's pygmy shrew (''Suncus remyi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests ...
, ''Suncus remyi''
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Anderson's shrew, ''Suncus stoliczkanus''
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Lesser dwarf shrew
The lesser dwarf shrew (''Suncus varilla'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe () ...
, ''Suncus varilla''
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Jungle shrew, ''Suncus zeylanicus''
References
Mammal genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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