Crocidura annamitensis

Crocidura annamitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. annamitensis
Binomial name
Crocidura annamitensis
Jenkins, Lunde & Moncrieff, 2009

Crocidura annamitensis is a small species of shrew from Vietnam, where it is found in the Annamite Range. It is a small shrew- no more than 60 mm in head and body length, and is gray in color. It has a relatively short tail.[1]

References

  1. Jenkins, Paulina D., Darrin P. Lunde, and Clive B. Moncrieff (2009). "Descriptions of New Species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Mainland Southeast Asia, with Synopses of Previously Described Species and Remarks on Biogeography" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 356–405. doi:10.1206/582-10.1.


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