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Suncus hosei (Hose's shrew; Bornean Pgymy Shrew)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bornean pygmy shrew (Suncus hosei) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It was named for zoologist Charles Hose. It is endemic to Malaysia particularly northern Borneo, northern Sarawak and northeastern Sabah, but it may be more widespread and it occur in Brunei and northern Kalimantan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is often listed as Etruscan shrew but they are both different species. The species had been listed as "vulnerable" since 1996 until changed to "Data Deficient" in 2008. The exact threats are unknown but if it is forest dependent, it is threatened by habitat loss for plantations especially palm oil, logging and fires and it is not known from any protected areas.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 4.54

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  10 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  7 months 18 days
Gestation [1]  28 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  3
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Borneo lowland rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Borneo peat swamp forests Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sunda Shelf mangroves Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Indo-Malayan Mangroves
Sundaland heath forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Hamish 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
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