Asian lesser white-toothed shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. shantungensis |
Binomial name | |
Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901 | |
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew range |
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