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Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura suaveolens
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula
Common ShrewSorex araneus
Eurasian Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Asian Lesser White-toothed ShrewCrocidura shantungensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 395 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 395 |
| Ukraine | 88 |
| Russia | 70 |
| Kyiv | 11 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 10 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 9 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 7 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 7 |
| Chuvashia | 7 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Shrews, Moles, Hedgehogs, and Allies · Eulipotyphla |
| Family | Shrews · Soricidae |
| Genus | Musk Shrews · Crocidura |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Lesser White-toothed Shrew with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.