Mammal / Suncus murinus
House Shrew
Also known as Musk shrew, chhanchuder, bhukharu, kasturi, chhuchhunder
Lowest risk
Native
The Asian house shrew is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced in several West Asian and East African countries. It is considered an invasive species and implicated in the demise of several island lizard species.
- Range mass
- 23 to 147.3 g
- Range length
- 100 to 150 mm
- Average basal metabolic rate
- 0.403 W
- Breeding interval
- These animals can breed approximately once per month.
- Breeding season
- This species breeds year round, although there are breeding peaks in spring and summer.
- Range number of offspring
- 4 to 8
- Average number of offspring
- 3
- Average gestation period
- 30 days
- Average gestation period
- 30 days
- Range weaning age
- 12 to 20 days
- Range time to independence
- 15 to 25 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 35 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
Sex: female - 36 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
Sex: male - 36 days
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild - 1 to 2 years
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity - 1.5 to 2.5 years
Lench, J. 2004. "Suncus murinus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Suncus_murinus/
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