Wildlifeof China
Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew
Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures
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Soriculus nigrescens
Basic stats
Diet
Insects, earthworms and other invertebrates
Habitat
Moist montane forest and alpine vegetation
Range
Himalayas and adjoining southwestern China
The Himalayan large-clawed shrew is a dark, robust shrew distinguished by enlarged foreclaws used to dig through soil and litter. It occurs along the Himalayas and in adjoining southwestern China. Available accounts place it in moist montane forest and alpine vegetation, where it hunts insects, earthworms and other invertebrates at or below the ground surface. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What does the Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew eat?
- Insects, earthworms and other invertebrates
- What habitat does the Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew live in?
- Moist montane forest and alpine vegetation
- Where is the Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew found?
- Himalayas and adjoining southwestern China