Suncus murinus - #5314
House Shrew
      
            Formerly Soricomorpha.
      
  Geographic Distribution
              Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China, Taiwan, Japan, continental and peninsular Indomalayan Region; introduced into Guam, the Maldive Isls, Philippines, and probably many other islands; introduced in historical times into coastal Africa (Egypt to Tanzania), Madagascar, the Comores, Mauritius, and Réunion, and into coastal Arabia (Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia).
Order/Family
              Soricidae
          Genus
              Suncus
          Specific Epithet
              murinus
          Image Location
              Germany, Berlin, Tierpark Berlin
          Image Date
              20 March 1997
          Photographer
              KD Rudloff
           
                      