Wildlifeof Mongolia
Flat-skulled Shrew
SoricidaeSorex roboratus
Basic stats
Habitat
Boreal coniferous forest and forest-tundra
Range
Northern Asia from the Urals to the Pacific; in Mongolia along the Onon basin in the Khentii Mountains, at Lake Khövsgöl and in the Khalkha region of the Greater Khingan
Size
Head and body 5.8–8.7cm; tail 3.1–4.3cm
The flat-skulled shrew is a medium to large shrew with a head-and-body length of 5.8–8.7 centimetres. The tail is 31–43 millimetres, shorter than the rest of the body, and the hind foot 12–15 millimetres. The back fur is very dark brown, the flanks lighter and the belly sandy-grey, and the tail is sharply divided into a dark upper side and a light underside. The skull is 20–22 millimetres long. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
It occurs in boreal coniferous forest and forest-tundra in northern Asia from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean, and is native to parts of Russia, Mongolia and China. In Mongolia it lives along the Onon basin in the Khentii Mountains, at Lake Khövsgöl and at Khalkha in the Greater Khingan range; in China it occurs only in northern Xinjiang in the Altai. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Flat-skulled Shrew live in?
- Boreal coniferous forest and forest-tundra
- Where is the Flat-skulled Shrew found?
- Northern Asia from the Urals to the Pacific; in Mongolia along the Onon basin in the Khentii Mountains, at Lake Khövsgöl and in the Khalkha region of the Greater Khingan
- How big is the Flat-skulled Shrew?
- Head and body 5.8–8.7cm; tail 3.1–4.3cm