Crocidura dsinezumi Temminck 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 229

Crocidura dsinezumi Temminck 1842

Crocidura dsinezumi Temminck 1842 , in: Siebold, Fauna Japonica, 2 (Mamm.): pl. IV figs c, c, pl. V, figs 3.

Type Locality: " Japan "; restricted to Kyushu by Abe (1967).

Vernacular Names: Dsinezumi Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura chisai Thomas 1906 ; Crocidura intermedia Kuroda 1924 ; Crocidura kinczumi Temminck 1842 ; Crocidura kinezumi Temminck 1842 ; Crocidura okinoshimae Kuroda and Uchida 1959 ; Crocidura umbrinus Temminck 1844 .

Distribution: Japan including N Ryukyus.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The spelling of the name was clarified by Corbet (1978 b) and Motokawa (1999); dsinezumi was placed on the Official List of Specific Names; see the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1983). Includes chisai , but not quelpartis and orii ; see Corbet (1978 c) and Iwasa et al. (2001). The taxon hosletti described by Jameson and Jones (1977) from Taiwan is now included in C. shantungensis (see Jiang and Hoffmann, 2001). Geographic variation of Japanese populations studied by Motokawa (2003 b). Allozyme data studied by Ruedi et al. (1993) place C. dsinezumi close to C. fuliginosa , C. malayana , and C. grayi .