Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus)

Common Names:  Mindanao gymnure      Discoverer:  Mearns, 1905. IUCN: Non-native. Abundant and stable Distribution: Asia and Indo-Australia; throughout the Philippines. Specimens from Camiguin (DMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon (Batangas [USNM], Cagayan [UPLB], Ilocos Norte [USNM], Isabela [USNM], Laguna [USNM], La Union [USNM], Pampanga [USNM], Pangasinan [USNM], Rizal [USNM], and Zambales [USNM] provinces), Marinduque (PNM), Mindanao (Misamis Oriental [UPLB] province), Negros (USNM), Panay (USNM), Siquijor (SU). Also reported from Caluya Island (Alcala & Alviola, 1970). Habitat : Abundant in urban and agricultural areas (Rabor, 1977, 1986), often in disturbed forest, occasionally in primary forest; found from sea level to 1650 m elev. on Negros (Heaney et al., 1989; Heaney et al., in press; Rickart et al., 1993). Comments : Includes Crocidura edwardsiana (Heaney & Ruedi, 1994). Photograph Information: courtesy of  "A Synopsis of the Mammalian Fauna of the Philippine Islands" by ©2002 (photograph by P. Heideman)

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