Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938

Crocidura tanakae Kuroda 1938, A list of the Japanese mammals: 81.

Type Locality: C Taiwan, Taichusiu, Horigai, Shohosha.

Vernacular Names: Taiwanese Gray Shrew.

Distribution: Taiwan, from sea level up to 2,200 m (Fang et al., 1997).

Discussion: Originally described as a species, C. tanakae was subsequently sunk into synonymy of C. attenuata (Fang et al., 1997) . Differences in the karyotype (Motokawa et al., 1997, 2001 b) led to a renewed recognition of the species (Fang and Lee, 2002).