Species of mammal
Least dwarf shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1 )[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Eulipotyphla
Family:
Soricidae
Genus:
Suncus
Species:
S. infinitesimus
Binomial name
Suncus infinitesimus (Heller, 1912)
Least dwarf shrew range
The least dwarf shrew (Suncus infinitesimus ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae . It is found in Cameroon , Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Nigeria , South Africa , Eswatini , Tanzania , and Uganda . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest , subtropical or tropical moist montane forest , temperate grassland , subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land .
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Erinaceinae
Atelerix Erinaceus
Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis )
Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor )
West European hedgehog (E. europaeus )
Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus )
Hemiechinus
Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus )
Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris )
Mesechinus Paraechinus
Family: Erinaceidae
subfamily: Galericinae
Echinosorex Hylomys
Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis )
Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus )
Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus )
Neohylomys
Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis )
Neotetracus
Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis )
Podogymnura
Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula )
Mindanao gymnure (P. truei )
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae
Crocidura (White-toothed shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Crocidurinae (continued)
Diplomesodon
Piebald shrew (D. pulchellum )
Feroculus Palawanosorex Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews) Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori shrew (R. suncoides )
Scutisorex Solisorex Suncus Sylvisorex (Forest shrews)
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae
Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews)
Blarinellini
Blarina (American short-tailed shrews) Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews)
Nectogalini
Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews) Chodsigoa Episoriculus Nectogale
Elegant water shrew (N. elegans )
Neomys
Mediterranean water shrew (N. anomalus )
Eurasian water shrew (N. fodiens )
Transcaucasian water shrew (N. teres )
Soriculus
Himalayan shrew (S. nigrescens )
Notiosoricini
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Soricinae (tribe: Soricini )
Sorex (Long-tailed shrews)
Subgenus
Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar )
Smoky shrew (S. fumeus )
American pygmy shrew (S. hoyi )
Large-toothed shrew (S. macrodon )
Carmen mountain shrew (S. milleri )
Dwarf shrew (S. nanus )
Mexican long-tailed shrew (S. oreopolus )
Orizaba long-tailed shrew (S. orizabae )
Ornate shrew (S. ornatus )
Inyo shrew (S. tenellus )
Verapaz shrew (S. veraepacis )
S. vagrans complex
Glacier Bay water shrew (S. alaskanus )
Baird's shrew (S. bairdii )
Marsh shrew (S. bendirii )
Montane shrew (S. monticolus )
New Mexico shrew (S. neomexicanus )
Pacific shrew (S. pacificus )
American water shrew (S. palustris )
Fog shrew (S. sonomae )
Vagrant shrew (S. vagrans )
S. cinereus group
Kamchatka shrew (S. camtschatica )
Cinereus shrew (S. cinereus )
Prairie shrew (S. haydeni )
Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni )
Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster )
Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris )
Mount Lyell shrew (S. lyelli )
Portenko's shrew (S. portenkoi )
Preble's shrew (S. preblei )
Pribilof Island shrew (S. pribilofensis )
Olympic shrew (S. rohweri )
Barren ground shrew (S. ugyunak )
Subgenus incertae sedis
Family: Soricidae
subfamily: Myosoricinae
Congosorex (Congo shrews) Myosorex (Mouse shrews) Surdisorex (African mole shrews)
Scalopinae (New World moles and relatives)
Condylura
Star-nosed mole (C. cristata )
Parascalops
Hairy-tailed mole (P. breweri )
Scalopus
Eastern mole (S. aquaticus )
Scapanulus Scapanus (Western North American moles)
Talpinae (Old World moles and relatives)
Euroscaptor Mogera
Echigo mole (M. etigo )
Insular mole (M. insularis )
Kano mole (M. kanoana )
Kobe mole (M. kobeae )
Small Japanese mole (M. imaizumii )
Large mole (M. robusta )
Sado mole (M. tokudae )
Japanese mole (M. wogura )
Senkaku mole (M. uchidai )
Parascaptor Scaptochirus
Short-faced mole (S. moschatus )
Talpa Scaptonyx
Long-tailed mole (S. fusicaudus )
Desmana
Russian desman (D. moschata )
Galemys
Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus )
Dymecodon Urotrichus
Japanese shrew mole (U. talpoides )
Neurotrichus
American shrew mole (N. gibbsii )
Uropsilinae (Chinese shrew-like moles)
Solenodon
Cuban solenodon (S. cubanus )
Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus )