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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura watasei
| Author: | Kuroda, 1924. | | Citation: | [New Mammals from the Ryukyu Islands]: 1. | | Common Name: | Lesser Ryukyu Shrew | | Type Locality: | Japan, Ryukyu Archipelago, Amamioshima, Komi. | | Distribution: | C Ryukyu Isls. | | Comments: | Endemic to the C Ryukyus (Motokawa et al., 1996). Formerly a subspecies of horsfieldii (e.g., Jameson and Jones, 1977), but differs in size and karyotype (2n = 26, FN = 52; Hattori et al., 1990). |
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