Eurasian least shrew

The Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew.

Eurasian least shrew
Specimen exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. minutissimus
Binomial name
Sorex minutissimus
Eurasian least shrew range
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