44. Bicolored White-toothed Shrew, Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780)

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: C. l. judaica Thomas, 1919 .

Distribution: Uncertain status but apparently rare (Fig. 50).

Previous records: Known largely from owl pellets collected from north of Idleb, Qal’at Al-Hosson, retrieved from several archaeological sites along the Syrian coast (Shehab 2002).

Recent record: ash-Sheikh Badr (2019).