Etruscan shrew
Etruscan pygmy shrew
white-toothed pygmy shrew
suncus etruscus latin

The young Etruscan shrews are weaned at 20 days old.

Etruscan shrews are also sensitive to weather changes, such as cold winters and dry periods.

It is related to the Etruscan shrew.

Etruscan shrews live alone, except during mating periods.

Etruscan shrews mate primarily from March to October, though they can be pregnant at any time of the year.

When hunting, the Etruscan shrew mostly relies on its sense of touch rather than vision, and may even run into its food at night.

The world's smallest mammal is a shrew, the Etruscan shrew.

A forager, the Etruscan shrew mostly eats insects.

The Etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal by mass, though the bumblebee bat has a smaller skull size.

It is also arguably the smallest extant species of mammal, with the Etruscan shrew being the other contender.

The Etruscan shrew favors warm and damp habitats covered with shrubs, which it uses to hide from predators.

The largest threat to Etruscan shrews originates from human activities, particularly destruction of their nesting grounds and habitats as a result of farming.

The Etruscan shrew inhabits a belt extending between 10 and 40 N latitude across Eurasia.

The Etruscan shrew lives in forests and brush areas between Southern Asia and Southern Europe.

The world's smallest mammal, the Etruscan shrew, is almost as light as a dime, and yet it can run more than half as fast as the fastest human.

Mid-term studies could be done in zebrafish, mice, and the Etruscan shrew, with studies ultimately to be done in primates and humans.

Because of its high ratio of surface area to body volume, the Etruscan shrew has an extremely fast metabolism and must eat 1.5-2.0 times its body weight in food per day.

The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew is the smallest known mammal by mass.

The Eurasian Least Shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the Lesser Pygmy Shrew, is the second-smallest mammal in the world after the Etruscan Shrew.

There are unconfirmed reports of the Etruscan shrew in West and East Africa (Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia) and in Armenia, Brunei, Indonesia, Kuwait and Uzbekistan.

Some of the species are Alpine Marmot, Forest Dormouse, Etruscan Shrew (the smallest mammal in the world), European Snow Vole, Schreiber's Long-Fingered Bat and .

The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal native to North America and is one of the smallest mammals in the world, being just slightly larger than the Etruscan shrew of Eurasia.

This subfamily includes the largest shrew, the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus), at about 15 cm in length, and the smallest, the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), at about 3.5 cm in length and 2 grams in weight.

The largest species is the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) of tropical Asia, which is about 15 cm long and weighs around 100 grams; several are very small, notably the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), which at about 3.5 cm and 2 grams is the smallest living terrestrial mammal.

It is also inhabited by the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew, the smallest mammal by mass.

The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew is the smallest known mammal by mass.

The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew is the smallest known mammal by mass.