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 --> GENUS Crocidura
				
 SPECIES Crocidura caspica
 
| Author: | Thomas, 1907. |  | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20: 197. |  | Common Name: | Caspian Shrew |  | Type Locality: | Iran, S coast of Caspian Sea. |  | Distribution: | Iran, S coast of Caspian Sea. |  | Comments: | A distinct, chocolate-brown shrew formerly included in C. russula (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966) or C. leucodon. Zaitsev (1993) redefined the species and mapped its range. |  |  |  | 
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