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Dsinezumi Shrew

Dsinezumi Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
Crocidura dsinezumi
(Temminck, 1842)

The Dsinezumi Shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese White-toothed Shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea's Jeju Island. 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

  1. ^ 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, 229. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Crocidura dsinezumi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  3. ^ [1]

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