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Tibetan shrew

Sorex thibetanus Kastschenko, 1905

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The tibetan shrew (Sorex thibetanus) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh about 4.2 g and live up to 2 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the tibetan shrew

Weight
4.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Gestation
23.6 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
5.91src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
10.8 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src 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 tibetan shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the tibetan shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Tibetan shrew (Sorex thibetanus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in western China.

From the Wikipedia article “Tibetan shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tibetan_shrew&oldid=1356864832), 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 tibetan shrew endangered?

The tibetan 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 tibetan shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex thibetanus Kastschenko, 1905

Synonyms Sorex minutus thibetanus, Sorex minutus thibetanus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • rejsek tibetskýCzech
  • tiibetinpäästäinenFinnish
  • チベットトガリネズミJapanese
  • Ryjówka tybetańskaPolish

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Relatives of the tibetan 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 tibetan shrew?

An adult tibetan shrew weighs 4.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tibetan shrew endangered?

The tibetan 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 tibetan shrew live?

The tibetan shrew has a recorded lifespan of 2 years.

How long is the tibetan shrew pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 23.6 days.

What kind of animal is the tibetan shrew?

The tibetan shrew (Sorex thibetanus) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tibetan shrew (Sorex thibetanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tibetan-shrew

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BibTeX
@misc{tibetan_shrew_2026,
  title = {Tibetan shrew (Sorex thibetanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tibetan-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}