Taiwanese gray shrew

Taiwanese gray shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. tanakae
Binomial name
Crocidura tanakae
Kuroda, 1938

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). Crocidura tanakae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  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 (313): 61–79. doi:10.3897/zookeys.313.4823. PMC 3701231. PMID 23840165.


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