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Taiwanese Gray White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura tanakae

Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Crocidura
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
China|Taiwan|Laos|Vietnam|Philippines|Cambodia?
Realm
Palearctic|Indomalaya

Other names: Taiwanese Gray Shrew

About this species

Range
Taiwan; also known from Vietnam

The Taiwanese grey shrew is a species of mammal in the shrew family, Soricidae. It was previously believed to be endemic to Taiwan, but it is now also known to occur in Vietnam (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is very short and gives no description, habitat, diet or breeding information.

Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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