Piebald shrew[1] | |
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Piebald shrew in Moscow Zoo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Diplomesodon |
Species: | D. pulchellus
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Binomial name | |
Diplomesodon pulchellus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
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Piebald shrew range | |
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The piebald shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus) is a shrew found in the 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.