Taiwanese mole shrew

Taiwanese mole shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Anourosorex
Species: A. yamashinai
Binomial name
Anourosorex yamashinai
Kuroda, 1935
Taiwanese mole shrew range
Synonyms

Anourosorex squamipes yamashinai

The Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai) is one of four species of red-toothed shrews in the genus Anourosorex.[2] This species is endemic to Taiwan.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). "Anourosorex yamashinai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Genus Anourosorex". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220–311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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