Pictures and facts about the Sumatra water shrew

Sumatra water shrew

Order : Insectivora
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Species : Chimarrogale sumatrana

 

The Sumatra water shrew is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Sumatra water shrew

" *** The taxonomic status of the Sumatra water shrew is uncertain. (Full text)

Currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Sumatra Water Shrew is in danger because of the very specific area that it lives in and its habitat being destroyed. (Full text)

1. Sumatra -- (a mountainous island in western Indonesia)
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