Suncus murinus

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka; India; Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim; Java; Sulawesi and surrounding islands; Guam; Japan; S. China; Taiwan; Israel; Egypt to Tanzania; Arabia; Sinai; Iraq; Madagascar; Zanzibar; Comoro Isis.

Sumber: Order Insectivora

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China, Taiwan, Japan, continental and peninsular Indomalayan Region; introduced into Guam, the Maidive Islands, and probably many other islands; introduced in historical times into coastal Affica (Egypt to Tanzania), Madagascar, the Comores, Mauritius, and Réunion, and into coastal Arabia (Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia).

Sumber: Order Insectivora

Habitat. Various habitats near villages, towns, and cities: houses, buildings, gardens, rice fields, agriculture fields, livestock farms, grain warehouses, drains. The Asian House Shrew is mostly a commensal of humans but sometimes found in forests, scrublands, grasslands, and riverbanks. It might prefer humid condition but is found in relatively arid areas.

Sumber: Soricidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Home ranges average 3190 m * for males and 614 m ” for females in Taiwan and 2556 m * for males in Japan (Ryukyu Islands). The Asian House Shrew has a strong, musky odor; and it is considered solitary and intolerant of conspecifics. Vocal sounds are associated with aggressive behavior and other communications.

Sumber: Soricidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Sumber: Soricidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 90 - 160 mm, tail 45 - 110 mm, hindfoot 16 - 26 mm; weight 23 - 5 - 147 - 3 g. Greater lengths of skulls are 28: 6 - 35 mm. The Asian House Shrew is large, and its body size is highly variable individually and geographically. Males are larger than females, but extent of sexual dimorphism differs geographically. Tail is relatively short and very thick at its base and tapers to fine point; it is covered with short and long silvery white hairs. Eyes are very small. Pelage is short, fine, and dense, varying in color individually and geographically: grayish white, grayish brown, dark gray, and blackish gray. Cases of albino-like individuals were reported from Japan. Females have three pairs of inguinal mammae. Pair of cutaneous scent glandsissituated behind shoulder in both sexes, but more developed in males than females. Skull is strong and heavy and has long and narrow rostrum and long interorbital region. I' is robust. Loss of P? and I’ occurs, varying geographically.

Sumber: Soricidae