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Suncus
murinus
(Linnaeus,
1766). Syst. Nat. 12th ed., 1:174.
©2002
ORDER—INSECTIVORA
FAMILY—Soricidae
COMMON NAME—Asian
house shrew.
DISTRIBUTION—Asia and Indo-Australia; throughout the Philippines.
Specimens from Camiguin (DMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon (Batangas [USNM],
Cagayan [UPLB], Ilocos Norte [USNM], Isabela [USNM], Laguna [USNM], La
Union [USNM], Pampanga [USNM], Pangasinan [USNM], Rizal [USNM], and Zambales
[USNM] provinces), Marinduque (PNM), Mindanao (Misamis Oriental [UPLB]
province), Negros (USNM), Panay (USNM), Siquijor (SU). Also reported from
Caluya Island (Alcala & Alviola, 1970).
HABITAT—Abundant in urban and agricultural
areas (Rabor, 1977, 1986), often in disturbed forest, occasionally in
primary forest; found from sea level to 1650 m elev. on Negros (Heaney
et al., 1989; Heaney et al., in press; Rickart et al., 1993).
STATUS—Non-native. Abundant and stable.
COMMENT—Includes Crocidura edwardsiana (Heaney & Ruedi,
1994).
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(photograph by P. Heideman)
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