Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Soricidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Eulipotyphla Genus Crocidura | |
Similar Mossy forest shrew, Sumatran giant shrew, Ugandan musk shrew, Tarella shrew | ||
The Banka shrew (Crocidura vosmaeri) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is only known from the Bangka Island in Indonesia and possibly Sumatra. It lives in primary and secondary lowland forest and it is not clear if can adapt to human settlements such as plantations. It is threatened by forest loss for logging, expanding plantations such as palm oil and mining.
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