Peninsular shrew

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Peninsular shrew
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. negligens
Binomial name
Crocidura negligens
Robinson & Kloss, 1914
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The peninsular shrew (Crocidura negligens) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula and Thailand (south of the Kra Isthmus). It is also found on the adjacent islands of Koh Samui, Pulau Tioman, and Pulau Mapor. [1] This species has recently been synonymized with Crocidura malayana [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ruedas, L. (2016). "Crocidura negligens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136786A22296214. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136786A22296214.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Arlo Hinckley, Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Manuel Ruedi, Melissa T R Hawkins, Madeleine Mullon, Anna Cornellas, Fred Tuh Yit Yuh, Jennifer A Leonard, Evolutionary history of Sundaland shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Crocidura) with a focus on Borneo, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab045