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Encyclopedia > Etruscan Shrew
Etruscan Pygmy Shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Suncus
Species: etruscus
Binomial name
Suncus etruscus
(Savi, 1822)

The Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew (Suncus etruscus) is the lightest known mammal by mass, weighting only 2 grams. The lightest known mammal by skull size is the Bumblebee Bat.


External links

  • Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew (http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm)

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Etruscan Pygmy Shrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words)
The Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or White-toothed Pygmy Shrew (Suncus etruscus) is the smallest known mammal by mass, weighing only about 2 grams.
The Etruscan Pygmy Shrew inhabits forests and brush areas between Southern Asia and Southern Europe.
A forager, the pygmy shrew subsists largely upon insects (thus its placement in the Insectivora order).
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