Dsinezumi shrew

The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan, Korea's Jeju Island and also in the state of Manipur, India. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.^[2]

Dsinezumi shrew[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
Crocidura dsinezumi (Temminck, 1842)
Dsinezumi shrew range (blue — native, red — introduced)

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. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crocidura dsinezumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40627A115176222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40627A22294822.en.
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.

Further reading

• Ruedi M, Maddalena T, Vogel P, Obara Y (1993). "Systematic and biogeographic relationships of the Japanese white-toothed shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi)". J. Mammal. 74 (3): 535–43. doi:10.2307/1382273. JSTOR 1382273.

External links

• Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
• Skull photos Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine