Pygmy shrew  (Sorex minutus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Insectivore
Family Soricidae
Genus Sorex (1)
Size Tail length: 32-46 mm (4)
Head/ body length: 40-60 mm (4)
Weight 2.4-6.1 g (4)
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Status

Protected under Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (3).