#0065 · 🦊 mammals

Bicoloured Shrew

🇳🇱 Veldspitsmuis ·Crocidura leucodon

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The bicolored shrew or bicoloured white-toothed shrew ( Crocidura leucodon ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Europe and in western Asia. It is a nocturnal species and feeds on insects and other small creatures. Several litters of young are born during the warmer months of the year in a nest of dry grasses in a concealed location.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 649iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).