Indochinese short-tailed shrew
The Indochinese short-tailed shrew (Blarinella griselda) is a species of mammal of the family Soricidae found in China and Vietnam.[2] The species is a semifossorial red-toothed shrew with a stout body and short, slender tail. Blarinella is distinguished from all other Southeast Asian shrew genera by their long claws, intensive colored red-tipped teeth, and five upper unicuspids.[3] Although this species is classified under Blarinella, recent Cytochrome b analysis suggests this species should be classified under a new genus.[4]
Indochinese short-tailed shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Blarinella |
Species: | B. griselda |
Binomial name | |
Blarinella griselda Thomas, 1912 | |
Indochinese short-tailed shrew range |
References
- Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Chiozza, F. (2016). "Blarinella griselda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136365A22283251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136365A22283251.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Abramov, Alexi V.; Rozhnov, Viatcheslav V. (2009). "New records of the Asiatic short-tailed shrew Blarinella griselda (Soricidae) from Vietnam". Mammalia. 71 (4): 181–182. doi:10.1515/MAMM.2007.035. S2CID 84278040.
- Bannikova, Anna A.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (2019). "Who are you, Griselda? A replacement name for a new genus of the Asiatic short-tailed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae): molecular and morphological analyses with the discussion of tribal affinities". ZooKeys (888): 133–158. doi:10.3897/zookeys.888.37982. PMC 6861342. PMID 31754323.
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