Piebald Shrew

Piebald Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Crocidurinae
Genus:	Diplomesodon Brandt, 1852
Species:	D. pulchellum
Binomial name
Diplomesodon pulchellum (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Piebald Shrew range

The Piebald Shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellum) is a shrew found in the Turan Lowland east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It grows to 2-2 3/4 inches in length, and usually hunts for insects and lizards at night. It is the only member of the genus Diplomesodon.

References

1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 255-256. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Diplomesodon pulchellum. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.

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