Dsinezumi shrew
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Species of mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. dsinezumi
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| Crocidura dsinezumi (Temminck, 1842)
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| Dsinezumi shrew range (blue — native, red — introduced) | |
The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan, Korea's Jeju Island and also in the state of Manipur, India. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.[2]
There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura dsinezumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40627A115176222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40627A22294822.en.
- ^ Ohno K, Niwa Y, Kato S, Koyasu K, Oda S, Kondo K (October 1992). "The domestication of Crocidura dsinezumi as a new laboratory animal". Jikken Dobutsu. 41 (4): 449–54. PMID 1451754.
Further reading
[edit]- Ruedi M, Maddalena T, Vogel P, Obara Y (1993). "Systematic and biogeographic relationships of the Japanese white-toothed shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi)". J. Mammal. 74 (3): 535–43. doi:10.2307/1382273. JSTOR 1382273.
External links
[edit]- Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
- Skull photos Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
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