What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Lesser White Toothed Shrew been recorded?

Crocidura suaveolens occurrence evidence comes from 1,002 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Bulgaria.

Lesser White Toothed Shrew
Lesser White Toothed Shrew — Photo (display-sized rendition): Simon Tonge · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidaeCrocidura

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,002 records across 31 countries and territories, 1896–2026.

Crocidura suaveolens · GBIF taxon key 2435687

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18962026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Lesser White Toothed Shrew has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Lesser White Toothed Shrew. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Bulgaria 228
Austria 186
Afghanistan 155
Croatia 84
Mongolia 63
Israel 56
Serbia 47
Slovenia 31
Germany 26
Iran 15
North Macedonia 14
Türkiye 14
Montenegro 13
Bosnia & Herzegovina 9
United Kingdom 9
Ukraine 9
Greece 7
France 5
Hungary 5
China 4
Iraq 4
Egypt 3
Russia 3
Spain 2
Morocco 2
Kosovo 2
ZZ 2
Ghana 1
India 1
Jersey 1
Turkmenistan 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.