| Asian house shrew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Suncus |
| Species: | S. murinus[1]
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| Binomial name | |
| Suncus murinus[1] | |
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| Asian house shrew range (blue — native, red — introduced) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sorex murinus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced in several West Asian and East African countries.[2] It is considered an invasive species and implicated in the demise of several island lizard species.[3]
It is also called house shrew, grey musk shrew, Asian musk shrew or Indian musk shrew.[4]
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Species Suncus murinus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Hutterer, R.; Molur, S. & Heaney, L. (2016). "Suncus murinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41440A22287830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41440A22287830.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Suncus murinus". Global Invasive Species Database. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Suncus murinus". Global Invasive Species Database. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 May 2020.