Taiwanese mole shrew

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Taiwanese mole shrew
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Anourosorex
Species:
A. yamashinai
Binomial name
Anourosorex yamashinai
Kuroda, 1935 [2]
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Taiwanese mole shrew range
Synonyms

Anourosorex squamipes yamashinai

The Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai) is one of four species of red-toothed shrews in the genus Anourosorex. [3] It is endemic to Taiwan. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Smith, A.T. (2016). "Anourosorex yamashinai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136257A22311945. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136257A22311945.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Kuroda, Nagamichi (November 1935). "Formosan Mammals Preserved in the Collection of Marquis Yamashina". Journal of Mammalogy. 16 (4): 288. doi:10.2307/1374636. JSTOR   1374636.
  3. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Anourosorex". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.