Dsinezumi Shrew
Encyclopedia
The Dsinezumi Shrew also known as the Japanese White-toothed Shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern
Least Concern
Least Concern is an IUCN category assigned to extant taxon or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, Near Threatened, or Conservation Dependent...

" by the IUCN.

There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK