Piebald shrew

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Piebald shrew[1]
Piebald shrew in Moscow Zoo

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Diplomesodon
Species:
D. pulchellus
Binomial name
Diplomesodon pulchellus
(
Lichtenstein
, 1823)
Piebald shrew range
Synonyms
  • Sorex pulchellus
  • Diplomesodon pulchellum

The piebald shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus) is a

Turan Lowland east of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
.

It grows to 2 inches (5.1 cm) to 2.75 inches (7.0 cm) in length, and usually hunts for insects and lizards at night.

Taxonomy

It is the

Diplomesodon sonnerati (Sonnerat's shrew). It was described again in 2018 to meet certain validity requirements of the ICZN code.[3] The American Society of Mammalogists considers D. sonnerati to be a subspecies of the piebald shrew, if it exists.[4]

References

  1. OCLC 62265494
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  2. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41448A22293795.en
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  3. ^ Cheke, A. (2011). "Sonnerat's shrew - evidence for a new and possibly extinct species in an early 19th century manuscript (Mammalia: Soricidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 108 (2): 95–97.
  4. ^ "Diplomesodon pulchellus. Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  • Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005.
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