Suncus etruscus | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial

Taxa
Suncus etruscus | (Savi, 1822)
Publication
UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
First recorded in UAE in August 2000 during live-trapping at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah (Aspinall et al. 2005) and has been recorded there again since then. There is an observation from Abu Dhabi of a Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis feeding on this species (Drew and Tourenq 2005) and it has been recorded at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve (Soorae et al. 2014). Photographs of two recent sightings at Green Mubazzarah, at the base of Jebel Hafeet, have been published on the <a href=""http://www.uaebirding.com/photos-mammals.html"">UAE Birding website</a>. The species may also have been caught in Al Ain. The species is difficult to live-trap due to its very low weight and it is likely to occur more widely in the UAE. The species is widespread from southern Europe and North Africa through the Near East and Arabian Peninsula to Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia, including the island of Borneo (Aulagnier et al. 2017).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The areas where specimens have been obtained consist of sandy and gravel desert with scattered trees and bushes, and irrigated farmland. Little is known about this species in the Arabian region (Harrison and Bates 1991).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is assessed as Data Deficient for the UAE because this is a poorly known species, with only very few, widely scattered records. No regional adjustment is made to the Data Deficient assessment.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available on threats to this species.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
This species was not listed by Hornby (1996) for the UAE Red List of mammals, but based on current knowledge the backcasted 1996 assessment for this species has to be Data Deficient.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Suncus etruscus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eulipotyphla Soricidae Suncus