Black shrew
Species of mammal
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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.
| Black shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Suncus |
| Species: | S. ater |
| Binomial name | |
| Suncus ater (Medway, 1965) | |
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| Black shrew range | |
It is known from a single specimen (holotype) which was collected in montane forest at 1,600 meters elevation.[2]
