Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew

The Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (Episoriculus fumidus) is a species of shrew in the tribe Nectogalini.^[3] It is found only in Taiwan.^[6] It prefers dense ground cover in forests and subalpine shrublands in high mountains of central Taiwan.^[1] Its placement in Episoriculus has been questioned, with genetic analysis finding that it is more basal within Nectogalini than other members of Episoriculus.^[7]

Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Episoriculus
Species:	E. fumidus
Binomial name
Episoriculus fumidus (Thomas, 1913)[2][3]
Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew range
Synonyms
Soriculus fumidus[4][5]

See also

• List of protected species in Taiwan
• List of endemic species of Taiwan