Dsinezumi Shrew

Dsinezumi Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Crocidurinae
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

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.). p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Motokawa, M. (2008). Crocidura dsinezumi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 November 2009. 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. 

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