Crocidura orii Kuroda 1924

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 245

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scientific name	Crocidura orii Kuroda 1924
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Crocidura orii Kuroda 1924 , New Mammals from the Ryukyu Islands: 3.

Type Locality: Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Amamioshima, Komi.

Vernacular Names: Ryukyu Shrew.

Distribution: Amami Group of Ryukyu Isls, Japan.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Provisionally included in dsinezumi ( Corbet, 1978 c) ; but regarded as a separate species by Imaizumi (1961, 1970 b), Abe (1967), Jenkins (1976), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Hutterer (1993 a), among others. The species was first described by Kuroda (1924) in a publication which, although privately published, has been regarded as available by all subsequent authors. See Motokawa (1998) for a review of the species.