Black shrew

The black shrew (Suncus ater) is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

Black shrew[1]
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Suncus
Species:	S. ater
Binomial name
Suncus ater (Medway, 1965)
Black shrew range

It is known from a single specimen (holotype) which was collected in montane forest at 1,600 meters elevation.^[2]