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#0157 · 🦊 mammals

Pygmy White-toothed Shrew

🇳🇱 Wimperspitsmuis ·Suncus etruscus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Pygmy White-toothed Shrew, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

063 oz) on average.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 772iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 772 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Gaetano Savi in 1822 (204 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Pygmy White-toothed Shrew
Nederlands
Wimperspitsmuis
scientific name
Suncus etruscus
class
Mammalia
order
Eulipotyphla
family
Soricidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
325
sightings worldwide
772
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1822 by Gaetano Savi

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Soricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 852333, Wikidata Q369889, GBIF 2435506, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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