Mikhail Zaitsev's shrew (''Crocidura zaitsevi'') is a species of

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

in the family Soricidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Distribution

The species is restricted to Ngoc Linh mountain in the Vietnamese province of

Kon Tum Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. History After the People's Army of Vietnam invaded South Vietnam on March 30, 1 ...

. This species is named after the late Russian general

Mikhail Zaitsev Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaitsev (russian: Михаи́л Митрофа́нович За́йцев; 23 November 1923 – 22 January 2009) was a general of the Soviet Army. Zaitsev's principal commands were the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and th ...

(1923–2009). Along with '' Crocidura sokolovi'', this species is endemic to Ngoc Linh.

References

Crocidura Mammals of Vietnam Endemic fauna of Vietnam Mammals described in 2007 {{shrew-stub