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Gairdner's shrewmouse

Mus pahari Thomas, 1916

LCLeast Concernrodents

The gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 25.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari)
Photo: Priya.tamma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gairdner's shrewmouse

Weight
25.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gairdner's shrewmouse live?

Not recorded

What is the gairdner's shrewmouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

From the Wikipedia article “Gairdner's shrewmouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gairdner%27s_shrewmouse&oldid=1344758720), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the gairdner's shrewmouse endangered?

The gairdner's shrewmouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the gairdner's shrewmouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusMus
  7. SpeciesMus pahari Thomas, 1916

Synonyms Leggada cookii meator, Leggada jacksoniae, Leggada pahari gairdneri, Mus pahari jacksoniae, Mus pahari mocchauensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Gairdner’s shrew mouseEnglish
  • Gairdner’s shrewlike mouseEnglish
  • Indochinese shrewlike mouseEnglish
  • Indochinese shrewlike mouseEnglish
  • Sikkim mouseEnglish
  • Sikkim mouseEnglish
  • Sikkim-MausGerman
  • thaimaanhiiriFinnish
  • シッキムハツカネズミJapanese
  • mysz indohińskaPolish
  • Сиккимская мышьRussian
  • หนูหริ่งป่าเล็กขนเสี้ยนThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gairdner's shrewmouse

Other species in the same genus Mus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gairdner's shrewmouse?

An adult gairdner's shrewmouse weighs 25.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gairdner's shrewmouse endangered?

The gairdner's shrewmouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the gairdner's shrewmouse?

The gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.

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BibTeX
@misc{gairdners_shrewmouse_2026,
  title = {Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gairdners-shrewmouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}