Dsinezumi shrew

Dsinezumi shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
Crocidura dsinezumi
(Temminck, 1842)
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 and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.[2]

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 Motokawa, M. (2008). Crocidura dsinezumi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 November 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  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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