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title: "Asian House Shrew"
description: "Suncus murinus — Mamíferos. The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/asian-house-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian House Shrew

> Suncus murinus — Mamíferos. The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) 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.

- Scientific name: *Suncus murinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 1905
- Wikidata: [Q1062541](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062541)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46531](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46531)

## Names

- en: Asian House Shrew
- de: Moschusspitzmaus
- es: Musaraña Casera
- fr: Pachyure musquée
- nl: Muskusspitsmuis
- pl: Ryjówek domowy

## Countries with the most observations

TW (200), IN (194), SG (123), ID (82), RE (69), HK (62), PH (35), CN (33), MU (33), JP (30), TH (26), BD (24)

## Summary

The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) 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 has been implicated in the demise of several island lizard species.
It is also called house shrew, grey musk shrew, Asian musk shrew or Indian musk shrew.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_house_shrew

## Photo

![Asian House Shrew](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-house-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290678034

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-house-shrew?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).