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Gansu shrew

Sorex cansulus Thomas, 1912

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The gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh about 6.3 g and live up to 2 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the gansu shrew

Weight
6.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
6.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gansu shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the gansu shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus) is a red-toothed shrew found only in a small part of Gansu province and other adjacent areas of China. With its very limited range, it is sensitive to habitat loss and is listed as a "vulnerable species" in the Chinese Red List, while the IUCN lists it as being "data deficient"

From the Wikipedia article “Gansu shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gansu_shrew&oldid=1314453501), 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 gansu shrew endangered?

The gansu shrew is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

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

How is the gansu shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex cansulus Thomas, 1912

Synonyms Sorex buxtoni cansulus, Sorex buxtoni cansulus, Sorex caecutiens caecutiens, Sorex caecutiens cansulus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • rejsek gansuskýCzech
  • gansunpäästäinenFinnish
  • ガンスートガリネズミJapanese
  • GansuspitsmuisDutch
  • ryjówka pustelniczaPolish
  • Gansu QujingChinese

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Relatives of the gansu shrew

Other species in the same genus Sorex.

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Common questions

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How big is the gansu shrew?

An adult gansu shrew weighs 6.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gansu shrew endangered?

The gansu shrew is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

How long does the gansu shrew live?

The gansu shrew has a recorded lifespan of 2 years.

What kind of animal is the gansu shrew?

The gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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BibTeX
@misc{gansu_shrew_2026,
  title = {Gansu shrew (Sorex cansulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gansu-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}