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The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the family .

The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike that of the red-toothed shrews which possess -reinforced . These species are typically found in and southern and . This subfamily includes the largest shrew, the Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus, at about 15 cm in length, and the smallest, the , Suncus etruscus, at about 3.5 cm in length and 2 grams in weight. The latter is possibly the world's smallest extant , although some give this title to the . contains the most species of any mammal genus.

When young must be moved before they are independent, mother and young form a chain or "caravan" where each animal hangs on to the rear of the one in front. This behaviour has also been observed in some species.


List of species
Subfamily Crocidurinae
  • Genus (white-toothed shrews)
    • , Crocidura abscondita
    • , Crocidura afeworkbekelei
    • , Crocidura aleksandrisi
    • East African highland shrew, Crocidura allex
    • , Crocidura andamanensis
    • Anhui white-toothed shrew, Crocidura anhuiensis
    • Annamite shrew, Crocidura annamitensis
    • Ansell's shrew, Crocidura ansellorum
    • , Crocidura arabica
    • , Crocidura arispa
    • , Crocidura armenica
    • Asian gray shrew, Crocidura attenuata
    • , Crocidura attila
    • Bailey's shrew, Crocidura baileyi
    • , Crocidura baluensis
    • , Crocidura batakorum
    • Bates's shrew, Crocidura batesi
    • , Crocidura beatus
    • Beccari's shrew, Crocidura beccarii
    • Bottego's shrew, Crocidura bottegi
    • , Crocidura bottegoides
    • Thick-tailed shrew, Crocidura brunnea
    • Buettikofer's shrew, Crocidura buettikoferi
    • African dusky shrew, Crocidura caliginea
    • , Crocidura canariensis
    • , Crocidura caspica
    • Sulawesi hairy-tailed shrew, Crocidura caudipilosa
    • , Crocidura cinderella
    • Congo white-toothed shrew, Crocidura congobelgica
    • Cranbrook's shrew, Crocidura cranbooki
    • Long-footed shrew, Crocidura crenata
    • Crosse's shrew, Crocidura crossei
    • Reddish-gray musk shrew, Crocidura cyanea
    • Dent's shrew, Crocidura denti
    • , Crocidura desperata
    • , Crocidura dhofarensis
    • Long-tailed musk shrew, Crocidura dolichura
    • Dongjiangyuan white-toothed shrew, Crocidura dongyangjiangensis
    • Doucet's musk shrew, Crocidura douceti
    • , Crocidura dracula
    • , Crocidura dsinezumi
    • Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew, Crocidura eburnea
    • Eisentraut's shrew, Crocidura eisentrauti
    • , Crocidura elgonius
    • , Crocidura elongata
    • , Crocidura erica
    • Fingui white-toothed shrew, Crocidura fingui
    • Fischer's shrew, Crocidura fischeri
    • Greater red musk shrew, Crocidura flavescens
    • Flower's shrew, Crocidura floweri
    • , Crocidura foetida
    • Fox's shrew, Crocidura foxi
    • Southeast Asian shrew, Crocidura fuliginosa
    • , Crocidura fulvastra
    • Smoky white-toothed shrew, Crocidura fumosa
    • Bicolored musk shrew, Crocidura fuscomurina
    • Gathorne's shrew, Crocidura gathornei
    • Glass's shrew, Crocidura glassi
    • Gmelin's white-toothed shrew, Crocidura gmelini
    • , Crocidura goliath
    • Peters's musk shrew, Crocidura gracilipes
    • Large-headed forest shrew, Crocidura grandiceps
    • Greater Mindanao shrew, Crocidura grandis
    • Grasse's shrew, Crocidura grassei
    • , Crocidura grayi
    • Greenwood's shrew, Crocidura greenwoodi
    • Güldenstädt's shrew, Crocidura gueldenstaedtii
    • , Crocidura guy
    • , Crocidura harenna
    • Sinharaja shrew, Crocidura hikmiya*
    • Hildegarde's shrew, Crocidura hildegardeae
    • Hill's shrew, Crocidura hilliana
    • Lesser red musk shrew, Crocidura hirta
    • Andaman spiny shrew, Crocidura hispida
    • Horsfield's shrew, Crocidura horsfieldii
    • , Crocidura hutanis
    • Indochinese shrew, Crocidura indochinensis
    • Jackson's shrew, Crocidura jacksoni
    • Jenkins' shrew, Crocidura jenkinsi
    • Jouvenet's shrew, Crocidura jouvenetae
    • Katinka's shrew, Crocidura katinka
    • Kego shrew, Crocidura kegoensis
    • , Crocidura kivuana
    • Lamotte's shrew, Crocidura lamottei
    • Kivu long-haired shrew, Crocidura lanosa
    • Ussuri white-toothed shrew, Crocidura lasiura
    • Latona's shrew, Crocidura latona
    • , Crocidura lea
    • Sumatran giant shrew, Crocidura lepidura
    • , Crocidura leucodon
    • Sulawesi tiny shrew, Crocidura levicula
    • , Crocidura littoralis
    • Savanna swamp shrew, Crocidura longipes
    • Lucina's shrew, Crocidura lucina
    • Ludia's shrew, Crocidura ludia
    • ( Crocidura luna
    • Mauritanian shrew, Crocidura lusitania
    • , Crocidura lwiroensis
    • MacArthur's shrew, Crocidura macarthuri
    • MacMillan's shrew, Crocidura macmillani
    • , Crocidura macowi
    • , Crocidura malayana
    • , Crocidura manengubae
    • Makwassie musk shrew, Crocidura maquassiensis
    • Swamp musk shrew, Crocidura mariquensis
    • Gracile naked-tailed shrew, Crocidura maurisca
    • , Crocidura maxi
    • Mduma's shrew, Crocidura mdumai
    • , Crocidura mindorus
    • Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew, Crocidura miya
    • Kilimanjaro shrew, Crocidura monax
    • , Crocidura monticola
    • Montane white-toothed shrew, Crocidura montis
    • Munissi’s shrew, Crocidura munissii
    • West African long-tailed shrew, Crocidura muricauda
    • Mossy forest shrew, Crocidura musseri
    • Ugandan musk shrew, Crocidura mutesae
    • Somali dwarf shrew, Crocidura nana
    • Savanna dwarf shrew, Crocidura nanilla
    • , Crocidura narcondamica
    • Sumatran white-toothed shrew, Crocidura neglecta
    • , Crocidura negligens
    • , Crocidura negrina
    • Newmark's shrew, Crocidura newmarki
    • , Crocidura nicobarica
    • , Crocidura nigeriae
    • Blackish white-toothed shrew, Crocidura nigricans
    • Black-footed shrew, Crocidura nigripes
    • African black shrew, Crocidura nigrofusca
    • , Crocidura nimbae
    • Nimba giant shrew, Crocidura nimbasilvanus
    • , Crocidura ninoyi
    • Niobe's shrew, Crocidura niobe
    • West African pygmy shrew, Crocidura obscurior
    • African giant shrew, Crocidura olivieri
    • , Crocidura orientalis
    • , Crocidura orii
    • North African white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pachyura
    • , Crocidura palawanensis
    • , Crocidura panayensis
    • Sumatran long-tailed shrew, Crocidura paradoxura
    • Small-footed shrew, Crocidura parvipes
    • Sahelian tiny shrew, Crocidura pasha
    • Pale gray shrew, Crocidura pergrisea
    • , Crocidura phaeura
    • Dr. Phan Luong shrew, Crocidura phanluongi
    • Phu Hoc shrew, Crocidura phuquocensis
    • Cameroonian shrew, Crocidura picea
    • Pitman's shrew, Crocidura pitmani
    • Flat-headed shrew, Crocidura planiceps
    • Fraser's musk shrew, Crocidura poensis
    • Polia's shrew, Crocidura polia
    • Kashmir white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pullata
    • Rainey's shrew, Crocidura raineyi
    • , Crocidura ramona
    • Chinese white-toothed shrew, Crocidura rapax
    • Egyptian pygmy shrew, Crocidura religiosa
    • Sulawesi white-handed shrew, Crocidura rhoditis
    • Roosevelt's shrew, Crocidura roosevelti
    • Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula
    • Sa Pa shrew, Crocidura sapaensis
    • Ugandan lowland shrew, Crocidura selina
    • Lesser rock shrew, Crocidura serezkyensis
    • Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura shantungensis
    • , Crocidura sibirica
    • , Crocidura sicula
    • Lesser gray-brown musk shrew, Crocidura silacea
    • Mebado white-toothed shrew, Crocidura similturba
    • Desert musk shrew, Crocidura smithii
    • Sokolov's shrew, Crocidura sokolovi
    • , Crocidura somalica
    • Narrow-headed shrew, Crocidura stenocephala
    • Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens
    • , Crocidura susiana
    • Taiwanese gray shrew, Crocidura tanakae
    • , Crocidura tansaniana
    • , Crocidura tarella
    • , Crocidura tarfayensis
    • Telford's shrew, Crocidura telfordi
    • , Crocidura tenuis
    • Thalia's shrew, Crocidura thalia
    • Therese's shrew, Crocidura theresae
    • São Tomé shrew, Crocidura thomensis
    • Christmas Island shrew, Crocidura trichura
    • , Crocidura turba
    • , Crocidura ultima
    • Javan ghost shrew, Crocidura umbra
    • , Crocidura usambarae
    • Savanna path shrew, Crocidura viaria
    • , Crocidura virgata
    • , Crocidura voi
    • , Crocidura vorax
    • , Crocidura vosmaeri
    • Lesser Ryukyu shrew, Crocidura watasei
    • Whitaker's shrew, Crocidura whitakeri
    • Wimmer's shrew, Crocidura wimmeri
    • Hainan Island shrew, Crocidura wuchihensis
    • Xanthippe's shrew, Crocidura xantippe
    • , Crocidura yaldeni
    • , Crocidura yankariensis
    • Mikhail Zaitsev’s shrew, Crocidura zaitsevi*
    • Zaphir's shrew, Crocidura zaphiri
    • Zarudny's rock shrew, Crocidura zarudnyi
    • , Crocidura zimmeri
    • , Crocidura zimmermanni
  • Genus
  • Genus
    • Kelaart's long-clawed shrew, Feroculus feroculus
  • Genus
    • Palawan moss shrew, Palawanosorex muscorum
  • Genus (large-headed shrews)
    • Grauer's large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura graueri
    • Greater large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura maxima
    • Lesser large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura schoutedeni
  • Genus
  • Genus
    • , Scutisorex somereni
    • Thor's hero shrew, Scutisorex thori
  • Genus
    • Pearson's long-clawed shrew, Solisorex pearsoni
  • Genus
    • , Suncus aequatorius
    • , Suncus ater
    • Day's shrew, Suncus dayi
    • , Suncus etruscus
    • Sri Lankan shrew, Suncus fellowesgordoni
    • Bornean pygmy shrew, Suncus hosei
    • Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, Suncus hututsi
    • Least dwarf shrew, Suncus infinitesimus
    • Greater dwarf shrew, Suncus lixa
    • Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis
    • Malayan pygmy shrew, Suncus malayanus
    • , Suncus megalurus
    • , Suncus mertensi
    • Asian highland shrew, Suncus montanus
    • Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus
    • Remy's pygmy shrew, Suncus remyi
    • Anderson's shrew, Suncus stoliczkanus
    • Lesser dwarf shrew, Suncus varilla
    • , Suncus zeylanicus
  • Genus , forest shrews
    • Akaibe's forest shrew, Sylvisorex akaibei
    • Cameroonian forest shrew, Sylvisorex cameruniensis
    • Corbet's forest shrew, Sylvisorex corbeti
    • Grant's forest shrew, Sylvisorex granti
    • Howell's forest shrew, Sylvisorex howelli
    • Bioko forest shrew, Sylvisorex isabellae
    • Johnston's forest shrew, Sylvisorex johnstoni
    • , Sylvisorex konganensis
    • Moon forest shrew, Sylvisorex lunaris
    • Mount Cameroon forest shrew, Sylvisorex morio
    • Greater forest shrew, Sylvisorex ollula
    • Lesser forest shrew, Sylvisorex oriundus
    • Rain forest shrew, Sylvisorex pluvialis
    • Bamenda forest shrew, Sylvisorex silvanorum
    • , Sylvisorex vulcanorum
  • Genus (dubious)
    • Tikitherium copei


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