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Crocidura
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 Greater White-toothed Shrew
(Crocidura russula)
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The genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. Crocidura contains the largest number of species of any mammal genus.
List of species
- Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi)
- East African Highland Shrew (C. allex)
- Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis)
- Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum)
- Arabian Shrew (C. arabica)
- Jackass Shrew (C. arispa)
- Armenian Shrew (C. armenica)
- Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata)
- Hun Shrew (C. attila)
- Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi)
- Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis)
- Bates's Shrew (C. batesi)
- Mindanao Shrew (C. beatus)
- Beccari's Shrew (C. beccarii)
- Bottego's Shrew (C. bottegi)
- Bale Shrew (C. bottegoides)
- Thick-tailed Shrew (C. brunnea)
- Buettikofer's Shrew (C. buettikoferi)
- African Dusky Shrew (C. caliginea)
- Canarian Shrew (C. canariensis)
- Caspian Shrew (C. caspica)
- Cinderella Shrew (C. cinderella)
- Congo White-toothed Shrew (C. congobelgica)
- Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata)
- Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei)
- Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea)
- Dent's Shrew (C. denti)
- Desperate Shrew (C. desperata)
- Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis)
- Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura)
- Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti)
- Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi)
- Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti)
- Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius)
- Elongated Shrew (C. elongata)
- Heather Shrew (C. erica)
- Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri)
- Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens)
- Flower's Shrew (C. floweri)
- Bornean Shrew (C. foetida)
- Fox's Shrew (C. foxi)
- Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa)
- Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra)
- Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa)
- Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina)
- Glass's Shrew (C. glassi)
- Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini)
- Goliath Shrew (C. goliath)
- Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes)
- Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps)
- Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis)
- Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei)
- Luzon Shrew (C. grayi)
- Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi)
- Harenna Shrew (C. harenna)
- Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae)
- Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana)
- Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta)
- Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida)
- Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii)
- Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis)
- North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae)
- Indochinese Shrew (C. indochinensis)
- Jackson's Shrew (C. jacksoni)
- Jenkin's Shrew (C. jenkinsi)
- Jouvenet's Shrew (C. jouvenetae)
- Katinka's Shrew (C. katinka)
- C kegoensis**
- Kivu Shrew (C. kivuana)
- Lamotte's Shrew (C. lamottei)
- Kivu Long-haired Shrew (C. lanosa)
- Ussuri White-toothed Shrew (C. lasiura)
- Latona's Shrew (C. latona)
- Sulawesi Shrew (C. lea)
- Sumatran Giant Shrew (C. lepidura)
- Bicolored Shrew (C. leucodon)
- Sulawesi Tiny Shrew (C. levicula)
- Naked-tail Shrew (C. littoralis)
- Savanna Swamp Shrew (C. longipes)
- Lucina's Shrew (C. lucina)
- Ludia's Shrew (C. ludia)
- Moonshine Shrew(C. luna)
- Mauritanian Shrew (C. lusitania)
- MacArthur's Shrew (C. macarthuri)
- MacMillan's Shrew (C. macmillani)
- Nyiro Shrew (C. macowi)
- Malayan Shrew (C. malayana)
- Manenguba Shrew (C. manengubae)
- Makwassie Musk Shrew (C. maquassiensis)
- Swamp Musk Shrew (C. mariquensis)
- Gracile Naked-tailed Shrew (C. maurisca)
- Javanese Shrew (C. maxi)
- Mindoro Shrew (C. mindorus)
- Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew (C. miya)
- Kilimanjaro Shrew (C. monax)
- Sunda Shrew (C. monticola)
- Montane White-toothed Shrew (C. montis)
- West African Long-tailed Shrew (C. muricauda)
- Mossy Forest Shrew (C. musseri)
- Ugandan Musk Shrew (C. mutesae)
- Somali Dwarf Shrew (C. nana)
- Savanna Dwarf Shrew (C. nanilla)
- Peninsular Shrew (C. negligens)
- Negros Shrew (C. negrina)
- Nicobar Shrew (C. nicobarica)
- Nigerian Shrew (C. nigeriae)
- Blackish White-toothed Shrew (C. nigricans)
- Black-footed Shrew (C. nigripes)
- African Black Shrew (C. nigrofusca)
- Nimba Shrew (C. nimbae)
- Niobe's Shrew (C. niobe)
- West African Pygmy Shrew (C. obscurior)
- African Giant Shrew (C. olivieri)
- Oriental Shrew (C. orientalis)
- Ryukyu Shrew (C. orii)
- Palawan Shrew (C. palawanensis)
- Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew (C. paradoxura)
- Small-footed Shrew (C. parvipes)
- Sahelian Tiny Shrew (C. pasha)
- Pale Gray Shrew (C. pergrisea)
- Guramba Shrew (C. phaeura)
- Cameroonian Shrew (C. picea)
- Pitman's Shrew (C. pitmani)
- Flat-headed Shrew (C. planiceps)
- Fraser's Musk Shrew (C. poensis)
- Polia's Shrew (C. polia)
- Kashmir White-toothed Shrew (C. pullata)
- Rainey's Shrew (C. raineyi)
- Negev Shrew (C. ramona)
- Chinese White-toothed Shrew (C. rapax)
- Egyptian Pygmy Shrew (C. religiosa)
- Sulawesi White-handed Shrew (C. rhoditis)
- Roosevelt's Shrew (C. roosevelti)
- Greater White-toothed Shrew (C. russula)
- Ugandan Lowland Shrew (C. selina)
- Lesser Rock Shrew (C. serezkyensis)
- Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. shantungensis)
- Siberian Shrew (C. sibirica)
- Sicilian Shrew (C. sicula)
- Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (C. silacea)
- Desert Musk Shrew (C. smithii)
- C. sokolovi*
- Somali Shrew (C. somalica)
- Kahuzi Swamp Shrew (C. stenocephala)
- Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. suaveolens)
- Iranian Shrew (C. susiana)
- Tanzanian Shrew (C. tansaniana)
- Tarella Shrew (C. tarella)
- Saharan Shrew (C. tarfayensis)
- Telford's Shrew (C. telfordi)
- Timor Shrew (C. tenuis)
- Thalia's Shrew (C. thalia)
- Therese's Shrew (C. theresae)
- Sao Tomé Shrew (C. thomensis)
- Christmas Island Shrew (C. trichura)
- Turbo Shrew (C. turba)
- Ultimate Shrew (C. ultima)
- Usambara Shrew (C. usambarae)
- Savanna Path Shrew (C. viaria)
- Mamfe Shrew (C. virgata)
- Voi Shrew (C. voi)
- Voracious Shrew (C. vorax)
- Banka Shrew (C. vosmaeri)
- Lesser Ryukyu Shrew (C. watasei)
- Whitaker's Shrew (C. whitakeri)
- Wimmer's Shrew (C. wimmeri)
- Hainan Island Shrew (C. wuchihensis)
- Xanthippe's Shrew (C. xantippe)
- Yankari Shrew (C. yankariensis)
- C. zaitsevi*
- Zaphir's Shrew (C. zaphiri)
- Zarudny's Rock Shrew (C. zarudnyi)
- Upemba Shrew (C. zimmeri)
- Cretan Shrew (C. zimmermanni)
*New species.[2]
**New species.[3]
References
- ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 224-255. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Jenkins, P. D., Abramov, A. V., Rozhnov, V. V., Makarova, O. V. (2007-09-19). "Description of two new species of white-toothed shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain, Vietnam". Zootaxa 1589: 57-68.
- ^ Lunde, D.P., Musser, G.G. & Ziegler, T. (2004). "Description of a new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae, Crocidurinae) from Ke Go Nature Reserve, Vietnam". Mammal Study 29: 27-36.
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