Anourosorex japonicus, also known as the Japanese mole shrew, is an extinct species of shrew that was endemic to Japan during the Late Pleistocene.[1]
| Anourosorex japonicus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Anourosorex |
| Species: | †A. japonicus
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| †Anourosorex japonicus | |
No species of Anourosorex is currently present in Japan, although they are widespread throughout other parts of East Asia. Fossils indicate that the Japanese mole shrew went extinct on Honshu between 18,000 and 14,000 BP.[2]
References
edit- ^ Shikama, T.; Hasegawa, Y. (1958). "On a new Anourosorex from the Ryugasi Formation (fissure deposits) in Japan". Science Reports of the Yokohama National University. Section II: Biological and Geological Sciences. 7: 105–117.
- ^ Kawamura, Yoshinari; Matsuhashi, Yoshitaka (1989). "Late pleistocene fissure sediments and their mammalian fauna at Site 5 of Yage Quarry, Inasa, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan" 静岡県引佐町谷下採石場第5地点の後期更新世裂罅堆積物とその哺乳動物相 [Late Pleistocene Fissure Sediments and Their Mammalian Fauna at Site 5 of Yage Quarry, Inasa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Central Japan]. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu) (in Japanese). 28 (2): 95–102. doi:10.4116/jaqua.28.95.
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