Crocidura dsinezumi

(Temminck, 1843)

Dsinezumi White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1843. Aflevering 1. Pp. 1–24 in Temminck, C.J. 1844. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

Original name as described

Sorex kinczumi

Other common names

Dsinezumi Shrew · Japanese White-toothed Shrew

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39031.a, RMNH.MAM.39031.b, RMNH.MAM.39032.a, RMNH.MAM.39032.b, RMNH.MAM.39033.a, RMNH.MAM.39033.b, RMNH.MAM.39374

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

no type locality given. Restricted by H. Abe in 1967 to Kyushu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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