Crocidura suaveolens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a small species of shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and small rodents, though its diet usually varies according to the biotope where it lives. The closely related Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.
Like the common shrew, a female lesser white-toothed shrew and her young may form a "caravan" when foraging for food or seeking a place of safety; each shrew grips the tail of the shrew in front so that the group stays together.
The lesser white-toothed shrew occurs widely from France and Portugal, in the west, across Europe and Asia to Japan and also in North Africa. It prefers dry ground, including scrub and gardens, and on the Isles of Scilly inhabits also shingle beaches and sand dunes.
The populations in the Isles of Scilly and in the Channel Islands of Jersey and Sark off the French coast are isolated. The lesser white-toothed shrew subspecies Crocidura suaveolens... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Lesser White-toothed Shrew sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 12 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Lesser White-toothed Shrew in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and October–November, the lowest months.
Only Kyiv, in our data
Kyiv is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Lesser White-toothed Shrew sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Lesser White-toothed Shrew is recorded against all the mammals logged in Kyiv (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
