Dsinezumi shrew

Dsinezumi shrew[1]
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
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)

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

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.
Motokawa, M. (2008). "Crocidura dsinezumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
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.

External links

Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
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.
Skull photos

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[msw3-1] 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.

[iucn-2] Motokawa, M. (2008). "Crocidura dsinezumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url 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.