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Community structure of shrews in montane taiga forests of west Khentey, Mongolia

open access: yesMongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2023
A comprehensive investigation of small mammal populations was conducted at the ecological research station situated in Khonin Nuga, located in the upper reaches of the Eroo River within the West Khentey Mountains, spanning a duration of 14 years, from ...
Purevjal Tserendavaa   +8 more
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First record of the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula, in the Czech Republic

open access: yesJournal of Vertebrate Biology, 2023
. While sampling house mice in 2022 in the westernmost region of the Czech Republic, we also captured other small mammal species in and around farms. The sympatric shrew species were pre-identified based on morphological characteristics and genotyped ...
J. D. de Bellocq   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Citizen science reveals the first occurrence of the greater white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula in Fennoscandia

open access: yesMammalia (Paris), 2023
The occurrence of the non-native, greater white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula in the Stavanger area in Southwestern Norway was brought to our attention by two records from the public (from 2012 and 2017).
J. van der Kooij, E. Nyfors
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Theriological collections and aspects of morphological diagnostics of white-toothed shrews, genus Crocidura [PDF]

open access: yesПраці Теріологічної школи, 2012
Aspects of morphological diagnostics of two white-toothed shrews Crocidura are analysed here. C. leucodon and C. suaveolens differ from each other in the main characteristics of external appearance, coloration and linear measurements.
Mykola Tovpinets
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Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Novel Paramyxoviruses Related to the Genus Henipavirus in Crocidura Species in the Republic of Korea

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Paramyxoviruses, negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, pose a critical threat to human public health. Currently, 78 species, 17 genera, and 4 subfamilies of paramyxoviruses are harbored by multiple natural reservoirs, including rodents, bats, birds,
Seung-Ho Lee   +16 more
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Discovery of a new mammal species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam volcanic island, India

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
We discovered a new Crocidura species of shrew (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam Island, India by using both morphological and molecular approaches. The new species, Crocidura narcondamica sp. nov. is of medium size (head and body lengths) and has
Manokaran Kamalakannan   +5 more
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Divergent Hantavirus in Somali Shrews (Crocidura somalica) in the Semi-Arid North Rift, Kenya

open access: yesPathogens, 2023
Hantaviruses are zoonotic rodent-borne viruses that are known to infect humans and cause various symptoms of disease, including hemorrhagic fever with renal and cardiopulmonary syndromes.
D.C.A. Omoga   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular investigation of non-volant endemic mammals through mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from Andaman and Nicobar archipelago

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
The shrews, Crocidura andamanensis, Crocidura nicobarica (order Eulipotyphla), and treeshrew, Tupaia nicobarica, (order Scandentia) are highly threatened mammals; endemic to Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
Shantanu Kundu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infection of the Asian gray shrew Crocidura attenuata (Insectivora: Soricidae) with Sarcocystis attenuati n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in China

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2022
Data on the genus Sarcocystis in insectivores are limited. The Asian gray shrew Crocidura attenuata is one of the most common species of the insectivore family Soricidae in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Junjie Hu   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evolutionary history of Sundaland shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Crocidura) with a focus on Borneo

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021
The hyperdiverse shrew genus Crocidura is one of few small mammal genera distributed across Sundaland and all of its boundaries. This represents a rare opportunity to study the geological history of this region through the evolutionary history of these
A. Hinckley   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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