Banka shrew

Banka shrew
	Banka shrew range
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. vosmaeri
Binomial name
	Crocidura vosmaeri; Jentink, 1888

The Banka shrew (Crocidura vosmaeri) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is only known from the Bangka Island in Indonesia and possibly Sumatra. It lives in primary and secondary lowland forest and it is not clear if can adapt to human settlements such as plantations. It is threatened by forest loss for logging, expanding plantations such as palm oil and mining.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura vosmaeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136447A115207832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136447A22298267.en. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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[iucn-1] Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura vosmaeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136447A115207832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136447A22298267.en. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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