Narcondam shrew

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The Narcondam shrew (Crocidura narcondamica) is a white-toothed shrew in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Narcondam Island, a small, remote, volcanic island situated in Andaman Sea and considered part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It was discovered in April 2020 and was described about a year later in 2021. The species lives in the sub-leaf stratum of the forest floor and primarily feeds on insects. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Narcondam Island. It is one of two endemic fauna of the island, the other being the Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami). The species displays significant genetic divergence from mainland Asian species such as the Chinese white-toothed shrew (Crocidura rapax), and even greater divergence from other endemic Crocidura species from the Andaman-Nicobar islands, such as the Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis) and Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica); this indicates that C.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Crocidura narcondamica Kamalakannan et al., 2021

Name authority

Kamalakannan et al., 2021

Common name

Narcondam shrew

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Eulipotyphla

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Crocidura

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
11. orderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
12. familySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814
13. subfamilyCrocidurinae A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
14. genusCrocidura Wagler, 1832
15. speciesCrocidura narcondamica Kamalakannan et al., 2021

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Crocidura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 289 records assigned to Soricidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Kamalakannan, Manokaran, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Shantanu Kundu, et al. (2021). Discovery of a new mammal species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam volcanic island, India. Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 9416. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:CFQ3M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.