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All shrews are tiny, most no larger than a mouse. The largest species is the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) of tropical Asia, which is about 15 cm (6 in) long and weighs around 100 g (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) [2] The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), at about 3.5 cm (1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and 1.8 grams (28 grains), is the smallest known living terrestrial mammal.
The one-toothed shew mouse (Pseudohydromys ellermani) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2] It is found in West Papua , Indonesia and Papua New Guinea , at elevations from 1,200 to 3,000 m. [ 1 ]
Like all shrews, the Asian house shrew is plantigrade and long-nosed. The teeth are a series of sharp points to poke holes in insect exoskeletons . It is the largest of the shrew species, weighing between 50 and 100 g and being about 15 cm long from snout to tip of the tail.
Common & Eurasian pygmy shrews (genus Sorex), size comparison. The common shrew is not an endangered species, but in Great Britain it, like other shrews, is protected from certain methods of killing by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. [16] In Britain, shrews can be found at densities of up to one per 200 m 2 (240 yd²) in
Eastern shrew mouse. ... The eastern shew mouse (Pseudohydromys murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
The Brazilian shrew mouse (Blarinomys breviceps), [2] also known as the blarinine akodont, [3] is a rodent in the tribe Akodontini from the Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil. [1] It is the only species in the genus Blarinomys. [3] Phylogenetic analysis suggest that there are two clear geographical clades, a northeastern and ...
Archboldomys, the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats Chrotomys and Rhynchomys , Archboldomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys .
Eisentraut's mouse shrew (Myosorex eisentrauti) is a Myosoricinae shrew found only on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.