Bornean pygmy shrew

Bornean pygmy shrew
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Suncus
Species:	S. hosei
Binomial name
	Suncus hosei; (Thomas, 1893)
	Bornean pygmy shrew range

The Bornean pygmy shrew (Suncus hosei) is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae.^[1] It was named for zoologist Charles Hose.

Distribution

This shrew is endemic to the international island of Borneo, particularly in northern Sarawak and northeastern Sabah states of Malaysia.^[1] It may be more widespread and occur in the nation of Brunei, and in northern Kalimantan province of Indonesia.^[1]

Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical dry forests.^[1] Older taxonomies have included it in the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), but they are distinctly different species.^[1]

Conservation

It was listed as an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species since 1996, until it was relisted as a Data Deficient species in 2008.^[1]

The exact threats are unknown. If it is forest dependent, it is threatened by habitat loss from: habitat conversion to agricultural plantations, especially for palm oil; logging; and fires. It is not known, from botanical collecting, to have any protected populations within nature reserves or parks of the three countries.^[1]