Chodsigoa caovansunga
| Van Sung's shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Chodsigoa |
| Species: | C. caovansunga |
| Binomial name | |
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Chodsigoa caovansunga (Lunde, Musser and Son, 2003) |
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| Van Sung's shrew range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Soriculus caovansunga (Lunde, Musser & Son, 2003) |
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Soriculus caovansunga (Lunde, Musser & Son, 2003)
Van Sung's shrew (Chodsigoa caovansunga), also known as Cao Van Sung mountain shrew is a species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order. Specimens of Chodsigoa caovansunga have been found in Vietnam.
Chodsigoa caovansunga was named after Dr. Cao Van Sung, a small-mammal specialist at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi. The type locality is situated at 1500 m altitude (22° 45'27 "N 104° 49'49" W) on Mount Tay Con Linh II in the town of Cao Bo, district Vi Xuyen, in the province of Ha Giang. C. caovansunga a small species with a relatively short tail without brush of long hair on its end. The hands and feet are brownish in color.
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