Basic information | ||
Scientific name | Crocidura dsinezumi | (No picture) |
Common names | Dsinezumi shrew, Japanese white-toothed shrew | |
Higher taxon | Soricidae, Soricomorpha, Mammalia | |
Natural range | Japan. Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and several adjacent islands: Sadogashima, Awashima, Oki Islands, Izu Islands (Toshima, Niijima, and Shikinejima Is.), Mishima, Goto Islands, Osumi Islands (Yakushima, Tanegashima, and Kuchinoerabujima Is.), Tokara Islands (Kuchinoshima and Nakanoshima Is. | |
Habitat | River banks, bushes around cultivated fields in lowland and low montane regions (<1780m alt.) |
Invasion information | ||
Range in Japan | Eastern Hokkaido | |
Origin | Tohoku District, according to DNA sequences. | |
Date | Unknown. | |
Route | Under Construction. | |
Impact | Unknown. | |
Regulation in Japan | None. | |
Introduced range in other countries | Cheju Is. (South Korea). DNA sequence data suggested that the origin of the Cheju population is somewhere in western Japan. |
Reference | Notes |
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