Crocidura dsinezumi

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
Ohdachi et al. (eds) (2009) The Wild Mammals of Japan. Shokado, Kyoto. Ohdachi et a. (2004) Molecular phylogenetics of Crocidura shrews (Insectivora) in East and Central Asia. J Mammal. 85, 396-403.