Crocidura dsinezumi

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iDsinezumi Shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Wagler, 1832
Species: C. dsinezumi
Binomial name
Crocidura dsinezumi
Temminck, 1842

Crocidura dsinezumi, also known as the Dsinezumi Shrew or Japanese White-toothed Shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.[1]

There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.[2]

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