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Episoriculus

  • Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus baileyi

    This shrew has a dark brown to black-washed gray back and a light brown underside. The account places it in montane forests and describes it as insectivorous, with records extending from southwestern China to northern Vietnam.

  • Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus caudatus

    This shrew is recorded in the eastern Himalaya. A regional account from around Kalimpong describes it as nocturnal and reports it beside rivers in montane conifer and rhododendron forests and alpine meadows.

  • Taiwan Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus fumidus

    A shrew recorded in Taiwan's forests and alpine grasslands above 1,000 m. It uses damp understory and fallen-log sites and eats earthworms and arthropods.

  • Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus leucops

    The Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew is dark brown with a long tail. In Nepal it has been recorded in moist forest undergrowth, including bamboo and shrubs.

  • Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus macrurus

    The long-tailed brown-toothed shrew is recorded in the Himalayan region from central Nepal toward China and Myanmar.

  • Sichuan Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus sacratus

    A shrew from the mountains of western Sichuan, China. Its back ranges from slate gray to dark brown, the underside is smoky gray, and the tail is brown above and whitish below.

  • Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus soluensis) Episoriculus soluensis

    Episoriculus soluensis is a mountain shrew known from Nepal and northeastern India. It was elevated from subspecies, and its range limits remain uncertain.