Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938

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 : 251

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341413
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scientific name	Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938
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Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938 View in CoL

Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938 View in CoL , A list of the Japanese mammals: 81.

Type Locality: C Taiwan, Taichusiu, Horigai, Shohosha.

Vernacular Names: Taiwanese Gray Shrew.

Distribution: Taiwan, from sea level up to 2,200 m ( Fang et al., 1997).

Discussion: Originally described as a species, C. tanakae was subsequently sunk into synonymy of C. attenuata ( Fang et al., 1997) . Differences in the karyotype (Motokawa et al., 1997, 2001 b) led to a renewed recognition of the species ( Fang and Lee, 2002).