HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Anourosoricini
--> GENUS Anourosorex
SPECIES Anourosorex yamashinai
Author: | Kuroda, 1935. | Citation: | J. Mammal., 16: 288. | Common Name: | Taiwanese Mole Shrew | Type Locality: | N Taiwan, Taiheizan, Taihoku-siu, 5500 ft. (1676 m). | Distribution: | C highlands of Taiwan from 1500-2500 m. | Comments: | Described as a subspecies of A. squamipes and kept as such until recently; see Petter (1963b), Jameson and Jones (1977), Hutterer (1993a), and Motokawa and Lin (2002). However, this island population differs from the Chinese mainland forms by a smaller body, shorter tail, and a distinct karyotype (Harada and Takada, 1985), and represents a species endemic to Taiwan (Motokawa et al., 2004). The ecology, distribution, and sub-population structure of A. yamashinai was studied by Alexander et al. (1987), Yu (1993, 1994) and Yu et al. (2001), making it the best-studied species of the genus. |
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