Voracious Shrew

Voracious Shrew
Voracious Shrew
Voracious Shrew
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. vorax
Binomial name
Crocidura vorax
G. Allen, 1923 [1]
Voracious Shrew range

The Voracious Shrew (Crocidura vorax) is a common and widespread species of shrew native to China, India, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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