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Lesser striped shrew

Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911

LCLeast Concernmammals

The lesser striped shrew (Sorex bedfordiae) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 6.6 g to 10.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the lesser striped shrew

Weight
6.6 g – 10.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.99src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lesser striped shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the lesser striped shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The lesser striped shrew (Sorex bedfordiae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Nepal.

From the Wikipedia article “Lesser striped shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesser_striped_shrew&oldid=1314950956), 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 lesser striped shrew endangered?

The lesser striped shrew 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 lesser striped shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911

Synonyms Sorex cylindricauda cylindricauda, Sorex wardi fumeolus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Lesser stripe-backed shrewEnglish
  • Lesser stripe-backed shrewEnglish
  • rejsek BedfordiůvCzech
  • Kleine StreifenspitzmausGerman
  • pikkujuovapäästäinenFinnish
  • ベドフォードトガリネズミJapanese
  • 작은등줄무늬뒤쥐Korean
  • ryjówka pręgowanaPolish
  • Бурозубка БедфордаRussian

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Relatives of the lesser striped shrew

Other species in the same genus Sorex.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lesser striped shrew?

An adult lesser striped shrew weighs 6.6 g – 10.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the lesser striped shrew endangered?

The lesser striped shrew 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 lesser striped shrew?

The lesser striped shrew (Sorex bedfordiae) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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BibTeX
@misc{lesser_striped_shrew_2026,
  title = {Lesser striped shrew (Sorex bedfordiae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-striped-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}