Etruscan shrew
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The Etruscan shrew, also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed pygmy shrew and Savi's pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about 1.8 g on average - as muc
Suncus etruscus
Socotra
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Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. It is situated between the Gulf of Aden, the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, and lies near major shipping routes. The
Etruscan shrew
…Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia) and around the Arabian Peninsula (Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, and Yemen including Socotra). In Asia, it was observed in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, China (Gengma County only), Myanmar, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos…
Local men from Socotra taken by Charles K. Moser (1918)
Diksam Plateau
Momi Plateau with rainwater harvest structures, water storage body, shelter for herders
Hajhir Mountains