The Hainan Island shrew (''Crocidura wuchihensis'') 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 native to China and Vietnam. The

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has insufficient data to assess the level of population and its trend.

Distribution and habitat

The Hainan Island shrew is known from

Hainan Island Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

in China and from northern Vietnam where it is present on Mount Tay Con Linh II in Ha Giang Province. The exact extent of its distribution is unknown but it has been found in forests at altitudes of between .

References

Crocidura Mammals described in 1966 {{whitetoothed-shrew-stub