Lesser Ryukyu Shrew

Lesser Ryukyu ShrewA small white-toothed shrew of the Amami and Okinawa island groups. It builds a dry-leaf nest between stones, and its young travel in a line attached to one another.What does it look like?An earlier anatomical study reported a body weight of 5–8 g for animals then identified as Crocidura horsfieldi watasei.How does it live?A small white-toothed shrew of the Amami and Okinawa island groups. It builds a dry-leaf nest between stones, and its young travel in a line attached to one another.For breeding, it makes a roughly 6–7 cm nest of dry leaves in gaps among stones. Before weaning, young grip the tail base of the parent or sibling ahead and move in a line.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.