The Dsinezumi shrew (''Crocidura dsinezumi''), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of

musk shrew The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae. The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike that of the red-toothed shrews. These species are typically found in Africa and souther ...

found in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "

least concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...

" by the

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

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

References

External links

Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
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Crocidura Mammals of Korea Mammals of Japan Mammals described in 1842 {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub