Slender shrew

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

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| name = Slender shrew{{MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 288}}

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = Abe, H. | author2 = Ohdachi, S.D. | author3 = Tsytsulina, K. | name-list-style=amp | title = Sorex gracillimus | year = 2016 | errata = 2017 | page = e.T41398A115183598 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41398A22312167.en}}

| genus = Sorex

| species = gracillimus

| authority = Thomas, 1907

| range_map = Slender Shrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Slender shrew range

}}

The slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus) is a species of shrew. An adult slender shrew has a weight of {{cvt|1.5|-|5.3|g}} and a body length of {{cvt|4.7|-|6.0|cm}}, with a tail of {{cvt|4|-|5|cm}}; this makes it one of the smaller shrews found in its range. It is distributed across northeastern North Korea, Hokkaidō, and the Russian Far East including the Kuril Islands.{{cite book|title=한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea)|author=Won, Byeong-o (원병오)|year=2004|location=Seoul|publisher=Dongbang Media|isbn=89-8457-310-8}}