Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Soricomorpha > Soricidae > Crocidura > Crocidura andamanensisCrocidura andamanensis (Andaman Shrew)The Andaman shrew or Andaman white-toothed shrew (Crocidura andamanensis) is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the South Andaman Island of India. They are usually active by twilight or in the night and have specialized habitat requirements. Habitat loss due to selective logging, natural disasters such as tsunami and drastic weather change are thought to contribute to current population declines. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.21 EDGE Score: 4.21 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | Diet - Ectothermic [1] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 50 % | Diet - Scavenger [1] | 40 % | Forages - Ground [1] | 100 % | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Andaman Islands rain forests |
India |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Mount Harriett National Park |
II |
13991 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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