The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN
The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN
The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN
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forests, alpine zone and bare rocky areas. <strong>The</strong> main<br />
diet consists <strong>of</strong> insects and earthworms obtained<br />
from leaf litter and humus layer.<br />
Breeding season for this species is from April to<br />
June.<br />
Conservation <strong>Status</strong><br />
Global: Least Concern<br />
<strong>National</strong>: Least Concern<br />
Rationale for assessment: This species is considered<br />
Least Concern in view <strong>of</strong> its wide distribution and<br />
occurrence within a number <strong>of</strong> protected areas.<br />
Legal status<br />
<strong>National</strong> Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029<br />
(1973). This species occurs within protected areas.<br />
<strong>National</strong> Population Size<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no information available on the population<br />
size <strong>of</strong> this species in Nepal.<br />
113) Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766)<br />
Common Names<br />
House Shrew (English); Ghar Chuchundro (Nepali)<br />
Synonyms<br />
Sorex murinus (Linnaeus, 1766); Sorex indicus (<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>froy, I., 1811); Sorex sonerratii (Ge<strong>of</strong>froy, I.,<br />
1827); Sorex giganteus, Sorex serpentarius (Ge<strong>of</strong>froy,<br />
I., 1831); Sorex nemorivagus, Sorex soccatus, Suncus<br />
murinus soccatus (Hodgson, 1845); Sorex griffithi,<br />
Suncus murinus griffithi (Horsfield, 1851); Sorex<br />
kandianus, Suncus murinus kandianus (Kelaart, 1852);<br />
Sorex heterodon, Sorex kelaarti (Blyth,1855); Sorex<br />
saturatior, Suncus murinus saturatior (Hodgson,1855);<br />
Sorex tytleri, Suncus murinus tytleri, Sorex viridiscens<br />
(Blyth, 1859); Crocidura (Pachyura) ceylanica,<br />
Crocidura (Pachyura) media, Crocidura (Pachyura)<br />
waldemarii (Peters, 1870); Crocidura (Pachyura)<br />
blanfordii (Anderrson, 1877); Suncus murinus<br />
blanfordii (Anderson, 1877); Crocidura (Pachyura)<br />
blythii, Crocidura (Pachyura) fulvocinerea, Suncus<br />
<strong>National</strong> Distribution<br />
This species is widely distributed across Nepal<br />
and has been recorded in the protected areas <strong>of</strong><br />
Annapurna Conservation Area, Langtang <strong>National</strong><br />
Park, Makalu Barun <strong>National</strong> Park, Rara <strong>National</strong> Park<br />
and Shivapuri Nagarjun <strong>National</strong> Park.<br />
Distribution outside Nepal<br />
Bhutan, China, India.<br />
Main Threats<br />
• Habitat loss.<br />
References<br />
Suwal and Verheugt 1995, Stone 1995, Molur et al. 2005, Baral and Shah 2008, Smith and Xie 2008.
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