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--> 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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