Crocidura shantungensis Miller 1901

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Crocidura shantungensis Miller 1901

Crocidura shantungensis Miller 1901 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 158.

Type Locality: China, Shantung (= Shandong), Chimeh.

Vernacular Names: Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Crocidura shantungensis subsp. shantungensis Miller 1901

Subspecies Crocidura shantungensis subsp. quelpartis Kuroda 1934

Distribution: SE Siberia, E China and Korea incl. Taiwan, Cheju and Tsuchima Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Revised by Jiang and Hoffmann (2001). Previously included in C. suaveolens . Iwasa et al. (2001) reported a karyotype of 2n = 40, FN = 46 for specimens from Cheju Isl (= Quelpart Isl) which is indistinguishable from that of C. suaveolens . Kuroda (1934) included quelpartis in C. dsinezumi , while Jameson and Jones (1977) included it in C. russula . Motokawa et al. (2003) analyzed the morphometric geographic variation of shantungensis and found that populations of Cheju Isl (quelpartis) and Taiwan (hosletti) average larger. Possibly quelpartis can be recognized as a subspecies.