Description shrew
Date 13 August 2006
Source Own work
Author Sebastian Ritter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartenspitzmaus.jpg

The lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, worms, slugs, snails, newts and small rodents. The closely related Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species. Like the common shrew, a female lesser white-toothed shrew and her young may form a "caravan" when foraging for food or seeking a place of safety; each shrew grips the tail of the shrew in front so that the group stays together. Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Soricidae.