White-toothed shrew

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iCrocidurinae
Crocidura russula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genera

see species list

The White-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of two subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.

Unlike the red-toothed shrews, the outer layer of their teeth is white. These species are typically found in Africa and southern Europe and Asia. This subfamily includes the largest shrew, the Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus), at about 15 cm in length, and the smallest, the Pygmy White-toothed Shrew (Suncus etruscus), at about 3.5 cm in length and 2 grams in weight, possibly the world's smallest living mammal (although some give this title to the Bumblebee Bat). Genus Crocidura, also known as the White-toothed shrews, contains the largest number of species of any mammal genus.

When young must be moved before they are independent, mother and young form a chain or "caravan" where each animal hangs on to the rear of the one in front. This behaviour has also been observed in some species in genus Sorex.

The list of species is:

  • Genus Congosorex (Congo shrews)
    • Poll's Shrew (C. polli)
  • Genus Crocidura (White-toothed shrews)
    • Alexandrian Shrew (C. aleksandrisi)
    • Highland Shrew (C. allex)
    • Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis)
    • Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum)
    • Arabian Shrew (C. arabica]])
    • Armenian Shrew (C. armenica)
    • Indochinese Shrew (C. attenuata)
    • Hun Shrew (C. attila)
    • Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi)
    • Bates's Shrew (C. batesi)
    • Mindanao Shrew (C. beatus)
    • Beccari's Shrew (C. beccarii)
    • Bottego's Shrew (C. bottegi)
    • Bale Shrew (C. bottegoides)
    • Buettikofer's Shrew (C. buettikoferi)
    • African Foggy Shrew (C. caliginea)
    • Canary Shrew (C. canariensis)
    • Cinderella Shrew (C. cinderella)
    • Congo Shrew (C. congobelgica)
    • Pantellerian Shrew (C. cossyrensis)
    • Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata)
    • Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei)
    • Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea)
    • Dent's Shrew (C. denti)
    • Desperate Shrew (C. desperata)
    • Dhofarian Shrew (C. dhofarensis)
    • Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura)
    • Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti)
    • Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi)
    • Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti)
    • Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius)
    • Elongated Shrew (C. elongata)
    • Heather Shrew (C. erica)
    • Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri)
    • Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens)
    • Flower's Shrew (C. floweri)
    • Fox's Shrew (C. foxi)
    • Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa)
    • Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra)
    • Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa)
    • Tiny Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina)
    • Glass's Shrew (C. glassi)
    • Goliath Shrew (C. goliath)
    • Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes)
    • Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps)
    • Mount Malindang Shrew (C. grandis)
    • Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei)
    • Luzon Shrew (C. grayi)
    • Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi)
    • Gueldenstaedt's Shrew (C. gueldenstaedtii)
    • Harenna Shrew (C. harenna)
    • Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae)
    • Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta)
    • Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida)
    • Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii)
    • Jackson's Shrew (C. jacksoni)
    • Jenkin's Shrew (C. jenkinsi)
    • Kivu Shrew (C. kivuana)
    • Lamotte's Shrew (C. lamottei)
    • Lemara Shrew (C. lanosa)
    • Ussuri Shrew (C. lasiura)
    • Latona Shrew (C. latona)
    • Sulawesi Shrew (C. lea)
    • Bicolored Shrew (C. leucodon)
    • Celebes Shrew (C. levicula)
    • Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew (C. littoralis)
    • Savanna Swamp Shrew (C. longipes)
    • Moorland Shrew (C. lucina)
    • Dramatic Shrew (C. ludia)
    • Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew(C. luna)
    • Mauritanian Shrew (C. lusitania)
    • MacArthur's Shrew (C. macarthuri)
    • MacMillan's Shrew (C. macmillani)
    • Macow's Shrew (C. macowi)
    • Malayan Shrew (C. malayana)
    • Manenguba Shrew (C. manengubae)
    • Maquassie Musk Shrew (C. maquassiensis)
    • Swamp Musk Shrew (C. mariquensis)
    • Dark Shrew (C. maurisca)
    • Max's Shrew (C. maxi)
    • Mindoro Shrew (C. mindorus)
    • Minute Shrew (C. minuta)
    • Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew (C. miya)
    • Rombo Shrew (C. monax)
    • Sunda Shrew (C. monticola)
    • Montane White-toothed Shrew (C. montis)
    • Mouse-tailed Shrew (C. muricauda)
    • Uganda Large-toothed Shrew (C. mutesae)
    • Dwarf White-toothed Shrew (C. nana)
    • Tiny White-toothed Shrew (C. nanilla)
    • Neglected Shrew (C. neglecta)
    • Negros Shrew (C. negrina)
    • Nicobar Shrew (C. nicobarica)
    • Nigerian Shrew (C. nigeriae)
    • Black White-toothed Shrew (C. nigricans)
    • Black-footed Shrew (C. nigripes)
    • Tenebrous Shrew (C. nigrofusca)
    • Nimba Shrew (C. nimbae)
    • Stony Shrew (C. niobe)
    • Olivier's Shrew (C. olivieri)
    • Amami Shrew (C. orii)
    • Osorio Shrew (C. osorio)
    • Palawan Shrew (C. palawanensis)
    • Paradox Shrew (C. paradoxura)
    • Small-footed Shrew (C. parvipes)
    • Pasha Shrew (C. pasha)
    • Pale Gray Shrew (C. pergrisea)
    • Guramba Shrew (C. phaeura)
    • Pitch Shrew (C. picea)
    • Pitman's Shrew (C. pitmani)
    • Flat-headed Shrew (C. planiceps)
    • Fraser's Musk Shrew (C. poensis)
    • Fuscous Shrew (C. polia)
    • Dusky Shrew (C. pullata)
    • Rainey Shrew (C. raineyi)
    • Egyptian Pygmy Shrew (C. religiosa)
    • Temboan Shrew (C. rhoditis)
    • Roosevelt's Shrew (C. roosevelti)
    • White-toothed Shrew (C. russula)
    • Moon Shrew (C. selina)
    • Serezkaya Shrew (C. serezkyensis)
    • Siberian Shrew (C. sibirica)
    • Sicilian Shrew (C. sicula)
    • Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (C. silacea)
    • Desert Musk Shrew (C. smithii)
    • Somali Shrew (C. somalica)
    • Narrow-headed Shrew (C. stenocephala)
    • Lesser Shrew (C. suaveolens)
    • Iranian Shrew (C. susiana)
    • Tanzanian Shrew (C. tansaniana)
    • Ugandan Shrew (C. tarella)
    • Tarfaya Shrew (C. tarfayensis)
    • Telford's Shrew (C. telfordi)
    • Thin Shrew (C. tenuis)
    • Thalia Shrew (C. thalia)
    • Therese's Shrew (C. theresae)
    • Sao Tomé Shrew (C. thomensis)
    • Tumultuous Shrew (C. turba)
    • Ultimate Shrew (C. ultima)
    • Usambara Shrew (C. usambarae)
    • Savanna Path Shrew (C. viaria)
    • Voi Shrew (C. voi)
    • Whitaker's Shrew (C. whitakeri)
    • Wimmer's Shrew (C. wimmeri)
    • Vermiculate Shrew (C. xantippe)
    • Yankari Shrew (C. yankariensis)
    • Zaphir's Shrew (C. zaphiri)
    • Zarudny's Shrew (C. zarudnyi)
    • Zimmer's Shrew (C. zimmeri)
    • Zimmermann's Shrew (C. zimmermanni)
  • Genus Diplomesodon
  • Genus Feroculus
    • Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)
  • Genus Myosorex (Mouse Shrews)
    • Babault's Mouse Shrew (M. babaulti)
    • Montane Mouse Shrew (M. blarin)
    • Dark-footed Forest Shrew (M. cafer)
    • Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (M. eisentrauti)
    • Geata Mouse Shrew (M. geata)
    • Long-tailed Forest Shrew (M. longicaudatus)
    • Oku Mouse Shrew (M. okuensis)
    • Rumpi Mouse Shrew (M. rumpii)
    • Schaller's Mouse Shrew (M. schalleri)
    • Sclater's Tiny Mouse Shrew (M. sclateri)
    • Thin Mouse Shrew (M. tenuis)
    • Forest Shrew (M. variu)
  • Genus Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews)
    • Grauer's Shrew (P. graueri)
    • Greater Shrew (P. maxima)
    • Schouteden's Shrew (P. schoutedeni)
  • Genus Ruwenzorisorex
    • Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)
  • Genus Scutisorex
    • Armored Shrew (S. somereni)
  • Genus Solisorex
    • Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)
  • Genus Suncus
    • Black Shrew (S. ater)
    • Day's Shrew (S. dayi)
    • White-toothed Pygmy Shrew (S. etruscus)
    • Sri Lanka Shrew (S. fellowesgordoni)
    • Hose's Shrew (S. hosei)
    • Least Dwarf Shrew (S. infinitesimus)
    • Greater Dwarf Shrew (S. lixus)
    • Madagascan Shrew (S. madagascariensis)
    • Malayan Pygmy Shrew (S. malayanus)
    • Flores Shrew (S. mertensi)
    • Sri Lanka Highland Shrew (S. montanus)
    • Asian House Shrew (S. murinus)
    • Remy's Shrew (S. remyi)
    • Anderson's Shrew (S. stoliczkanus)
    • Lesser Dwarf Shrew (S. varilla)
    • Jungle Shrew (S. zeylanicus)
  • Genus Surdisorex
    • Aberdare Shrew (S. norae)
    • Mount Kenya Shrew (S. polulus)
  • Genus Sylvisorex
    • Grant's Shrew (S. granti)
    • Howell's Shrew (S. howelli)
    • Isabella Shrew (S. isabellae)
    • Johnston's Shrew (S. johnstoni)
    • Crescent Shrew (S. lunaris)
    • Climbing Shrew (S. megalura)
    • Arrogant Shrew (S. morio)
    • Forest Musk Shrew (S. ollula)
    • Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)
    • Mountain Shrew (S. oriundus)
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