| Dsinezumi shrew | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Crocidurinae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. dsinezumi |
| Binomial name | |
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Crocidura dsinezumi (Temminck, 1842) |
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| Dsinezumi shrew range (blue — native, red — introduced) |
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The Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), also known as the Japanese white-toothed shrew, is a species of musk shrew found in Japan and on Korea's Jeju Island. It is widespread, and considered to be of "least concern" by the IUCN.
There has been a successful effort to breed C. dsinezumi as a laboratory animal.