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Dsinezumi shrew

Dsinezumi shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
Crocidura dsinezumi
(Temminck, 1842)
Dsinezumi Shrew area.png
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.

There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.



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