Taiwanese gray shrew

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Taiwanese gray shrew
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. tanakae
Binomial name
Crocidura tanakae
Kuroda, 1938
Range Crocidura tanakae.png

The Taiwanese gray shrew (Crocidura tanakae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. Previously believed to be endemic to Taiwan, [1] [2] it is now also known to occur in Vietnam. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clayton, E. (2016). "Crocidura tanakae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136238A22294077. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136238A22294077.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Jenkins, P.; Abramov, A.; Bannikova, А.; Rozhnov, V. (2013). "Bones and genes: Resolution problems in three Vietnamese species of Crocidura (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae) and the description of an additional new species". ZooKeys (313): 61–79. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.313.4823 . PMC   3701231 . PMID   23840165.


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