The Dsinezumi shrew (''Crocidura dsinezumi''), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of
musk shrew found in
Japan
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, Korea's
Jeju Island
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The i ...
and also in the state of
Manipur
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, India. It is widespread, and considered to be of "
least concern
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" by the
IUCN
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.
[
There has been a successful effort to breed ''C. dsinezumi'' as a laboratory animal.]
References
Further reading
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External links
Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
Crocidura
Mammals of Korea
Mammals of Japan
Mammals described in 1842
Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Least concern biota of Asia
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