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Van Sung's Brown-toothed Shrew

Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures

Chodsigoa caovansunga

Basic stats

Habitat

Montane forest; type locality at 1,500m

Range

Vietnam

Van Sung's shrew, also known as the Cao Van Sung mountain shrew, is a species of shrew known from Vietnam. It was named after Cao Van Sung, a small-mammal specialist at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi. The type locality is at 1,500 m altitude on Mount Tay Con Linh II near Cao Bo, in Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang Province (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a small species with a relatively short tail without a brush of long hair at the end, and the hands and feet are brownish in colour.

Quick answers

What habitat does the Van Sung's Brown-toothed Shrew live in?
Montane forest; type locality at 1,500m
Where is the Van Sung's Brown-toothed Shrew found?
Vietnam
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