Sumatran shrewlike mouse
Mus crociduroides (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
The sumatran shrewlike mouse (Mus crociduroides) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 28.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the sumatran shrewlike mouse
- Weight
- 28.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sumatran shrewlike mouse live?
Not recorded
What is the sumatran shrewlike mouse?
The Sumatran shrew-like mouse (Mus crociduroides) is a species of mouse. It is endemic to Indonesia.
This mouse is known only from the mountains of western Sumatra, where it lives in rainforest habitat. It occurs in Kerinci Seblat National Park. Currently there no images of the animal online due to there remote location.
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Is the sumatran shrewlike mouse endangered?
The sumatran shrewlike mouse 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 sumatran shrewlike mouse classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusMus
- SpeciesMus crociduroides (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
Synonyms Oromys crociduroides
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Sumatran shrew-like mouseEnglish
- Sumatran shrew-mouseEnglish
- Sumatran shrewmouseEnglish
- Sumatra-ZwergmausGerman
- sumatranhiiriFinnish
- トガリハツカネズミJapanese
- mysz zębiełkowataPolish
- Землеройковая мышьRussian
Relatives of the sumatran shrewlike mouse
Other species in the same genus Mus.
House mouse
Mus musculus
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
Steppe mouse
Mus spicilegus
Little Indian field mouse
Mus booduga
Macedonian mouse
Mus macedonicus
Algerian mouse
Mus spretus
CompareSumatran shrewlike mouse vs House mouseSumatran shrewlike mouse vs African pygmy mouseSumatran shrewlike mouse vs Steppe mouseSumatran shrewlike mouse vs Little Indian field mouse
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sumatran shrewlike mouse?
An adult sumatran shrewlike mouse weighs 28.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sumatran shrewlike mouse endangered?
The sumatran shrewlike mouse is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the sumatran shrewlike mouse?
The sumatran shrewlike mouse (Mus crociduroides) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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