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 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
[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 Motokawa, M. (2008). "Crocidura dsinezumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
- 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.
- Skull photos Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
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| Sorex dsinezumi | |
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