Piebald Shrew

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Piebald Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Diplomesodon
Brandt, 1852
Species: D. pulchellum
Binomial name
Diplomesodon pulchellum
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

The Piebald Shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellum) is a shrew found in the Turan Lowland east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It grows to 2-2 3/4 inches in length, and usually hunts for insects and lizards at night. It is the only member of the genus Diplomesodon.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 255-256. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Diplomesodon pulchellum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  • Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005.
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