Sumatran shrewlike mouse
species of mammal
The Sumatran shrew-like mouse (Mus crociduroides) is a species of mouse. It is endemic to Indonesia.
This mouse is known only from the mountains of western Sumatra, where it lives in rainforest habitat. It occurs in Kerinci Seblat National Park.
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