Lesser white-toothed shrew  (Crocidura suaveolens)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Insectivore
Family Soricidae
Genus Crocidura (1)
Size Head & body length: 50-75 mm (3)
Tail length: 24-44 mm (3)
Hind feet length: 10-13 mm (3)
Weight 3-7 g (3)
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Status

Protected under Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (6).