Suncus murinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Asian House Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
Genus | : Suncus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946270Original name as described
Sorex murinus
Other common names
Asian Musk Shrew · Gray Musk Shrew · Indian Musk Shrew
Type locality
"Java," Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya · Australasia
Country distribution
Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · East Timor
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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