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Suncus murinus (Asian House Shrew; house shrew)

Synonyms: Sorex murinus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) grey musk shrew, Asian musk shrew, or money shrew is a widespread, adaptable species of shrew found mainly in South Asia but introduced widely throughout Asia and eastern Africa. It is a large shrew with a strong musk smell. It is related to the Etruscan shrew. This house shrew is categorized as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is also considered an invasive species and implicated in the demise of several island lizard species.
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Invasive Species

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.54
EDGE Score: 1.71
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  71 grams
Birth Weight [2]  3 grams
Female Weight [1]  53 grams
Male Weight [1]  90 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  69.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  80 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Diet - Vertibrates [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  36 days
Male Maturity [2]  36 days
Gestation [2]  30 days
Litter Size [2]  3
Litters / Year [2]  9.8
Maximum Longevity [2]  3 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (14 cm)
Weaning [2]  19 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Predators

Aquila hastata (Indian Spotted Eagle)[5]
Athene brama (Spotted Owlet)[6]
Boiga irregularis (Brown catsnake, Brown Tree Snake)[7]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 9International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0