Black shrew

Black shrew[1]
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Suncus
Species:	S. ater
Binomial name
	Suncus ater; (Medway, 1965)
	Black shrew range

The black shrew (Suncus ater) is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range. It is the smallest shrew of its kind and lives in parts of middle Asia.

References

Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Chiozza, F. (2008). "Suncus ater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.

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[msw3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Chiozza, F. (2008). "Suncus ater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.