What is Etruscan shrew?
{{Taxobox | name = Etruscan shrew<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 258}}</ref> | image = Suncus etruscus crop.jpg | status = LC | trend = unknown | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006 | assessors = Aulagnier ''et al.''|year=2004|id=29671|title=Suncus etruscus|downloaded=9 May 2006}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Eulipotyphla]] | subordo = [[Soricomorpha]] | familia = [[Soricidae]] | genus = ''[[Suncus]]'' | species = '''''S. etruscus''''' | binomial = ''Suncus etruscus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Paolo Savi|Savi]], 1822)}} The '''Etruscan shrew''' (''Suncus etruscus'') is also known as the '''Etruscan pygmy shrew''' or the '''white-toothed pygmy shrew'''. It is the smallest known [[mammal]] by mass. The [[Bumblebee bat]] has a smaller [[skull]]. The smallest adults of this [[shrew]] weigh about 1.3 [[gram]]s and are 36 [[Millimetre|mm]] (1.42 inches) long. This small mammal is 60 mm from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail; the tail is about 40 mm long. The shrew has a lifespan of 15 months. The Etruscan shrew lives in [[forests]] and [[brush]] areas between southern [[Asia]] and southern [[Europe]]. The shrew mostly eats insects. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{wikispecies|Suncus etruscus}} * [http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/48.htm Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew] [[Category:Soricomorphs]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia|Shrew, Etruscan]] [[Category:Mammals of Europe|Shrew, Etruscan]]