Dsinezumi shrew

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Dsinezumi shrew [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
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]

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There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal. [3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 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 .
  3. ↑ 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.

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