Black shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Suncus |
Species: | S. ater
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Binomial name | |
Suncus ater (Medway, 1965)
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Black shrew range |
The black shrew (Suncus ater) is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.
It is known from a single specimen (holotype) which was collected in montane forest at 1,600 meters elevation.[2]