🐾Asian house shrew
臭鼩（学名：Suncus murinus）即錢鼠，为鼩鼱科臭鼩属的动物。主要栖息于森林、田野以及家舍，是华南、南亚及东南亚一带常见的家居动物之一。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.05 kg
- Body length
- 0.14 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 3.24 years
Everything we know about the Asian house shrew
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.05 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.05 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.14 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass0.39 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: acceptable
Generation length1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity32 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation30 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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 Asian house shrew yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderSoricomorpha
- ›familySoricidae
- ›genusSuncus
- ›speciesSuncus murinus
- 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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