Crocidura

Crocidura[1] Temporal range: Miocene to Recent
Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Crocidurinae
Genus:	Crocidura Wagler, 1832
Type species
Sorex leucodon Hermann, 1780
Species
See text.

The genus Crocidura is one of nine genus of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With 182 species, Crocidura contains the largest number of species of any mammal genus.

List of species

• Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi)
• East African Highland Shrew (C. allex)
• Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis)
• C. annamitensis^[2]
• Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum)
• Arabian Shrew (C. arabica)
• Jackass Shrew (C. arispa)
• Armenian Shrew (C. armenica)
• Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata)
• Hun Shrew (C. attila)
• Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi)
• Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis)
• Batak Shrew (C. batakorum)
• Bates's Shrew (C. batesi)
• Mindanao Shrew (C. beatus)
• Beccari's Shrew (C. beccarii)
• Bottego's Shrew (C. bottegi)
• Bale Shrew (C. bottegoides)
• Thick-tailed Shrew (C. brunnea)
• Buettikofer's Shrew (C. buettikoferi)
• African Dusky Shrew (C. caliginea)
• Canarian Shrew (C. canariensis)
• Caspian Shrew (C. caspica)
• Cinderella Shrew (C. cinderella)
• Congo White-toothed Shrew (C. congobelgica)
• C. cranbrooki^[2]
• Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata)
• Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei)
• Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea)
• Dent's Shrew (C. denti)
• Desperate Shrew (C. desperata)
• Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis)
• Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura)
• Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti)
• Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi)
• Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti)
• Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius)
• Elongated Shrew (C. elongata)
• Heather Shrew (C. erica)
• Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri)
• Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens)
• Flower's Shrew (C. floweri)
• Bornean Shrew (C. foetida)
• Fox's Shrew (C. foxi)
• Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa)
• Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra)
• Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa)
• Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina)
• Glass's Shrew (C. glassi)
• Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini)
• Goliath Shrew (C. goliath)
• Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes)
• Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps)
• Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis)
• Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei)
• Luzon Shrew (C. grayi)
• Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi)
• C. guy^[2]
• Harenna Shrew (C. harenna)
• Crocidura hikmiya***
• Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae)
• Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana)
• Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta)
• Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida)
• Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii)
• Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis)
• North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae)
• Indochinese Shrew (C. indochinensis)
• Jackson's Shrew (C. jacksoni)
• Jenkins' Shrew (C. jenkinsi)
• Jouvenet's Shrew (C. jouvenetae)
• Katinka's Shrew (C. katinka)
• Ke Go Shrew, Crocidura kegoensis**
• Kivu Shrew (C. kivuana)
• Lamotte's Shrew (C. lamottei)
• Kivu Long-haired Shrew (C. lanosa)
• Ussuri White-toothed Shrew (C. lasiura)
• Latona's Shrew (C. latona)
• Sulawesi Shrew (C. lea)
• Sumatran Giant Shrew (C. lepidura)
• Bicolored Shrew (C. leucodon)
• Sulawesi Tiny Shrew (C. levicula)
• Naked-tail Shrew (C. littoralis)
• Savanna Swamp Shrew (C. longipes)
• Lucina's Shrew (C. lucina)
• Ludia's Shrew (C. ludia)
• Moonshine Shrew(C. luna)
• Mauritanian Shrew (C. lusitania)
• MacArthur's Shrew (C. macarthuri)
• MacMillan's Shrew (C. macmillani)
• Nyiro Shrew (C. macowi)
• Malayan Shrew (C. malayana)
• Manenguba Shrew (C. manengubae)
• Makwassie Musk Shrew (C. maquassiensis)
• Swamp Musk Shrew (C. mariquensis)
• Gracile Naked-tailed Shrew (C. maurisca)
• Javanese Shrew (C. maxi)
• Mindoro Shrew (C. mindorus)
• Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew (C. miya)
• Kilimanjaro Shrew (C. monax)
• Sunda Shrew (C. monticola)
• Montane White-toothed Shrew (C. montis)
• West African Long-tailed Shrew (C. muricauda)
• Mossy Forest Shrew (C. musseri)
• Ugandan Musk Shrew (C. mutesae)
• Somali Dwarf Shrew (C. nana)
• Savanna Dwarf Shrew (C. nanilla)
• Peninsular Shrew (C. negligens)
• Negros Shrew (C. negrina)
• Nicobar Shrew (C. nicobarica)
• Nigerian Shrew (C. nigeriae)
• Blackish White-toothed Shrew (C. nigricans)
• Black-footed Shrew (C. nigripes)
• African Black Shrew (C. nigrofusca)
• Nimba Shrew (C. nimbae)
• Sibuyan Shrew (C. ninoyi)^[3]
• Niobe's Shrew (C. niobe)
• West African Pygmy Shrew (C. obscurior)
• African Giant Shrew (C. olivieri)
• Oriental Shrew (C. orientalis)
• Ryukyu Shrew (C. orii)
• Palawan Shrew (C. palawanensis)
• Panay Shrew (C. panayensis)
• Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew (C. paradoxura)
• Small-footed Shrew (C. parvipes)
• Sahelian Tiny Shrew (C. pasha)
• Pale Gray Shrew (C. pergrisea)
• Guramba Shrew (C. phaeura)
• C. phanluongi
• Phu Hoc Shrew, Crocidura phuquocensis
• Cameroonian Shrew (C. picea)
• Pitman's Shrew (C. pitmani)
• Flat-headed Shrew (C. planiceps)
• Fraser's Musk Shrew (C. poensis)
• Polia's Shrew (C. polia)
• Kashmir White-toothed Shrew (C. pullata)
• Rainey's Shrew (C. raineyi)
• Negev Shrew (C. ramona)
• Chinese White-toothed Shrew (C. rapax)
• Egyptian Pygmy Shrew (C. religiosa)
• Sulawesi White-handed Shrew (C. rhoditis)
• Roosevelt's Shrew (C. roosevelti)
• Greater White-toothed Shrew (C. russula)
• Ugandan Lowland Shrew (C. selina)
• Lesser Rock Shrew (C. serezkyensis)
• Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. shantungensis)
• Siberian Shrew (C. sibirica)
• Sicilian Shrew (C. sicula)
• Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew (C. silacea)
• Desert Musk Shrew (C. smithii)
• Sokolov's Shrew, Crocidura sokolovi*
• Somali Shrew (C. somalica)
• Kahuzi Swamp Shrew (C. stenocephala)
• Lesser White-toothed Shrew (C. suaveolens)
• Iranian Shrew (C. susiana)
• Tanzanian Shrew (C. tansaniana)
• Tarella Shrew (C. tarella)
• Saharan Shrew (C. tarfayensis)
• Telford's Shrew (C. telfordi)
• Timor Shrew (C. tenuis)
• Thalia's Shrew (C. thalia)
• Therese's Shrew (C. theresae)
• Sao Tomé Shrew (C. thomensis)
• Christmas Island Shrew (C. trichura)
• Turbo Shrew (C. turba)
• Ultimate Shrew (C. ultima)
• Usambara Shrew (C. usambarae)
• Savanna Path Shrew (C. viaria)
• Mamfe Shrew (C. virgata)
• Voi Shrew (C. voi)
• Voracious Shrew (C. vorax)
• Banka Shrew (C. vosmaeri)
• Lesser Ryukyu Shrew (C. watasei)
• Whitaker's Shrew (C. whitakeri)
• Wimmer's Shrew (C. wimmeri)
• Hainan Island Shrew (C. wuchihensis)
• Xanthippe's Shrew (C. xantippe)
• Yankari Shrew (C. yankariensis)
• Mikhail Zaitsev's Shrew, Crocidura zaitsevi*
• Zaphir's Shrew (C. zaphiri)
• Zarudny's Rock Shrew (C. zarudnyi)
• Upemba Shrew (C. zimmeri)
• Cretan Shrew (C. zimmermanni)

*New species.^[4]
**New species.^[5]
***New species.^[6]

References

1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 224–255. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Descriptions of New Species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Mainland Southeast Asia, with Synopses of Previously Described Species and Remarks on Biogeography [1]
3. ^ Esselstyn, J.A. & Goodman, S.M. (2010). "New species of shrew (Soricidae: Crocidura) from Sibuyan Island, Philippines". Journal of Mammalogy 91 (6): 1467–1472. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-002.1. http://www.asmjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-002.1. 
4. ^ Jenkins, P. D., Abramov, A. V., Rozhnov, V. V., Makarova, O. V. (2007-09-19). "Description of two new species of white-toothed shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain, Vietnam". Zootaxa 1589: 57–68. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01589p068f.pdf. 
5. ^ Lunde, D.P., Musser, G.G. & Ziegler, T. (2004). "Description of a new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae, Crocidurinae) from Ke Go Nature Reserve, Vietnam". Mammal Study 29: 27–36. doi:10.3106/mammalstudy.29.27. 
6. ^ Meegaskumbura et al. (2007-12-19). "Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka". Zootaxa 1665: 19–30. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01665p030f.pdf.