Dsinezumi shrew explained

The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan, Korea's Jeju Island and also in the state of Manipur, India. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.

There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.^[1]

Further reading

• Ruedi M, Maddalena T, Vogel P, Obara Y . Systematic and biogeographic relationships of the Japanese white-toothed shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi) . J. Mammal. . 74 . 3 . 535–43 . 1993 . 10.2307/1382273 . 1382273 .

External links

• Shrew Photo Gallery: C. dsinezumi
• Skull photos

Notes and References

1. Ohno K, Niwa Y, Kato S, Koyasu K, Oda S, Kondo K . The domestication of Crocidura dsinezumi as a new laboratory animal . Jikken Dobutsu . 41 . 4 . 449–54 . October 1992 . 1451754 .