Jenkins's shrew (''Crocidura jenkinsi'') is a critically endangered 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

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South Andaman Island South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of the Great Andaman and is home to the majority of the population of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and ...

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References

* Chakraborty, S., Pradhan, M.S. & Subramanian, K.A. 2002.

Jenkins's shrew Jenkins's shrew (''Crocidura jenkinsi'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to South Andaman Island in India. References * Chakraborty, S., Pradhan, M.S. & Subramanian, K.A. 2002. Jenkins's ...

Mammals of India Endemic fauna of the Andaman Islands

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