Key Identification Features
- The belly, throat, jaw, area around the eyes, and lower portion of the tail are distinctly contrasting whitish.
- Physical description: The greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) can be distinguished by examining its unpigmented teeth.
- Reproduction: The greater white-toothed shrew usually has only one breeding season over its entire lifetime, and fertilization occurs immediately after parturition.
- They are most reliably distinguished from Trowbridge's shrew by examining fine details of skull shape, though adult Trowbridge's shrews also tend to have a more distinctly pale underside to the tail.
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