Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew explained

The Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (Episoriculus fumidus) is a species of shrew in the tribe Nectogalini. It is found only in Taiwan.^[1] It prefers dense ground cover in forests and subalpine shrublands in high mountains of central Taiwan. Its placement in Episoriculus has been questioned, with genetic analysis finding that it is more basal within Nectogalini than other members of Episoriculus.^[2]

See also

• List of protected species in Taiwan
• List of endemic species of Taiwan

Notes and References

1. https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700425 Mammal Species of the World - Browse: fumidus
2. Bover . Pere . Mitchell . Kieren J. . Llamas . Bastien . Rofes . Juan . Thomson . Vicki A. . Cuenca-Bescós . Gloria . Alcover . Josep A. . Cooper . Alan . Pons . Joan . August 2018 . Molecular phylogenetics supports the origin of an endemic Balearic shrew lineage (Nesiotites) coincident with the Messinian Salinity Crisis . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 125 . 188–195 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.028 . 29608962 . 2018MolPE.125..188B . 5010906.