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Crocidura

The genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With over 180 species, Crocidura contains the most species of any mammal genus. The genus name Crocidura comes from Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús), meaning "piece of wool", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail", and thus, "woolly tail", referring to the species' tails being covered in short hairs interspersed with longer ones.

List of species
Extant species Javan hidden shrew (C. abscondita) • Sanetti shrew (C. afeworkbekelei) • Cyrenaica shrew (C. aleksandrisi) • East African highland shrew (C. allex) • Andaman shrew (C. andamanensis) • Anhui white-toothed shrew (C. anhuiensis) • Annamite shrew (C. annamitensis) • Bailey's shrew (C. baileyi) • Balete's white-toothed shrew (C. baletei) • Kinabalu shrew (C. baluensis) • Batak shrew (C. batakorum) • Mindanao shrew (C. beatus) • Beccari's shrew (C. beccarii) • Bottego's shrew (C. bottegi) • Bale shrew (C. bottegoides) • Short-tailed white-toothed shrew (C. brevicauda) • Hildegarde's shrew (C. hildegardeae) • Hill's shrew (C. hilliana) • Lesser red musk shrew (C. hirta) • Andaman spiny shrew (C. hispida) • Horsfield's shrew (C. horsfieldii) • Hutan shrew (C. hutanis) • Indochinese shrew (C. indochinensis) • Jackson's shrew (C. jacksoni) • Jenkins' shrew (C. jenkinsi) • Jouvenet's shrew (C. jouvenetae) • Katinka's shrew (C. katinka) • Kego shrew (Crocidura kegoensis) • Kivu shrew (C. kivuana) • Lamotte's shrew (C. lamottei) • Kivu long-haired shrew (C. lanosa) • Ussuri white-toothed shrew (C. lasiura) • Latona's shrew (C. latona) • Sulawesi shrew (C. lea) • Sumatran giant shrew (C. lepidura) • Bicolored shrew (C. leucodon) • Sulawesi tiny shrew (C. levicula) • Naked-tail shrew (C. littoralis) • Savanna swamp shrew (C. longipes) • Lucina's shrew (C. lucina) • Ludia's shrew (C. ludia) • Moonshine shrew(C. luna) • Mauritanian shrew (C. lusitania) • Lwiro shrew (C. lwiroensis) • MacArthur's shrew (C. macarthuri) • MacMillan's shrew (C. macmillani) • Nyiro shrew (C. macowi) • Malayan shrew (C. malayana) • Manenguba shrew (C. manengubae) • Makwassie musk shrew (C. maquassiensis) • Swamp musk shrew (C. mariquensis) • Gracile naked-tailed shrew (C. maurisca) • Javanese shrew (C. maxi) • Mduma's shrew (C. mdumai) • Central Sulawesi white-toothed shrew (C. mediocris) • Sumatran white-toothed shrew (C. neglecta) • Peninsular shrew (C. negligens) • Negros shrew (C. negrina) • Newmark's shrew (C. newmarki) • Nicobar shrew (C. nicobarica) • Nigerian shrew (C. nigeriae) • Blackish white-toothed shrew (C. nigricans) • Black-footed shrew (C. nigripes) • African black shrew (C. nigrofusca) • Nimba shrew (C. nimbae) • Mount Nimba giant forest shrew (C. nimbasilvanus) • Sibuyan shrew (C. ninoyi) • Niobe's shrew (C. niobe) • Typical Sulawesi white-toothed shrew (C. normalis) • Ugandan lowland shrew (C. selina) • Lesser rock shrew (C. serezkyensis) • Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (C. shantungensis) • Siberian shrew (C. sibirica) • Sicilian shrew (C. sicula) • Lesser gray-brown musk shrew (C. silacea) • Mebado white-toothed shrew (C. similturba) • Desert musk shrew (C. smithii) • Sokolov's shrew (C. sokolovi) • Somali shrew (C. somalica) • West-Central Sulawesi white-toothed shrew (C. solita) • Usambara shrew (C. usambarae) • Savanna path shrew (C. viaria) • Mamfe shrew (C. virgata) • Voi shrew (C. voi) • Voracious shrew (C. vorax) • Banka shrew (C. vosmaeri) • Lesser Ryukyu shrew (C. watasei) • Whitaker's shrew (C. whitakeri) • Wimmer's shrew (C. wimmeri) • Hainan Island shrew (C. wuchihensis) • Xanthippe's shrew (C. xantippe) • Beletta shrew (C. yaldeni) • Yankari shrew (C. yankariensis) • Mikhail Zaitsev's shrew (C. zaitsevi) • Zaphir's shrew (C. zaphiri) • Zarudny's rock shrew (C. zarudnyi) • Upemba shrew (C. zimmeri) • Cretan shrew (C. zimmermanni) Extinct species Crocidura balsamifera (known only from embalmed Crocidura mummies from Ancient Egypt) • Crocidura trichura (Christmas Island shrew) Fossil species Crocidura abdallahi (Pleistocene of Morocco) • Crocidura darelbeidae (Pleistocene of Morocco) • Crocidura maghrebiana (Pleistocene of Morocco) == Cultural significance ==
Cultural significance
Crocidura shrews were embalmed in Ancient Egypt, being associated with the dark aspect of the god Horus. Many of these mummies have been uncovered during excavations at the Falcon Necropolis, providing important information about the former diversity of shrews in this area. ==References==
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