Indochinese short-tailed shrew

The Indochinese short-tailed shrew (Blarinella griselda) is a species of mammal of the family Soricidae found in China and Vietnam.[2] The species is a semifossorial red-toothed shrew with a stout body and short, slender tail. Blarinella is distinguished from all other Southeast Asian shrew genera by their long claws, intensive colored red-tipped teeth, and five upper unicuspids.[3] Although this species is classified under Blarinella, recent Cytochrome b analysis suggests this species should be classified under a new genus.[4]

Indochinese short-tailed shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Blarinella
Species:
B. griselda
Binomial name
Blarinella griselda
Thomas, 1912
Indochinese short-tailed shrew range

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. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Chiozza, F. (2008). "Blarinella griselda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  3. Abramov, Alexi V.; Rozhnov, Viatcheslav V. (2009). "New records of the Asiatic short-tailed shrew Blarinella griselda (Soricidae) from Vietnam". Mammalia. 71 (4): 181–182. doi:10.1515/MAMM.2007.035.
  4. Bannikova, Anna A.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (2019). "Who are you, Griselda? A replacement name for a new genus of the Asiatic short-tailed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae): molecular and morphological analyses with the discussion of tribal affinities". ZooKeys (888): 133–158. doi:10.3897/zookeys.888.37982.


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