🐾Etruscan shrew
Pygmæspidsmus (Suncus etruscus) er en insektæder, der tilhører spidsmusefamilien. Den vejer gennemsnitligt 1,8 gram og er dermed det mindste pattedyr vægtmæssigt. Den har en kropslængde på omkring 4 cm uden halen. Den er karakteriseret ved meget hurtige bevægelser og højt stofskifte, der fordrer, at den æder hvad der svarer til 1,5-2 gange sin egen vægt dagligt. Den lever af små hvirveldyr og hvirvelløse dyr, især insekter, og den kan jage dyr op til dens egen størrelse. Pygmæspidsmusen foretrækker et varmt og fugtigt klima og er udbredt i bæltet mellem 10° og 30° N bredde fra Europa og Nordafrika til Malaysia. Den er generelt ikke truet, men er i nogle af de områder, hvor den findes, ved at være sjælden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
- Body mass
- 0 kg
- Body length
- 0.05 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 3.24 years
Everything we know about the Etruscan shrew
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Body length0.05 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass0.07 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan3.24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.2 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Generation length1.62 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity297 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation28 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 27 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: questionable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Etruscan shrew yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderSoricomorpha
- ›familySoricidae
- ›genusSuncus
- ›speciesSuncus etruscus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familySoricidae
- subfamilyCrocidurinae
- genusSuncus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEulipotyphla
- familySoricidae
- subfamilyCrocidurinae
- genusSuncus
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