Crocidura lasiura Dobson, 1890 —Ussuri White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura lasiura Giglioli and Salvadori, 1887 p.581; Locality-Korea (Nomen nudum).

C. lasiura Dobson, 1890 p.31 .; Type locality-southeastern Siberia; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.84; Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.563; Won, 1968 p.68; Corbet, 1978 p.29; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.9; Han, 2004a p.26.

C. thomasi Sowerby, 1917 p.318; Tate, 1947 p.60.

C. lizenkani Kishida and Mori, 1931 p.377 (Nomen nudum).

C. neglecta Kuroda, 1934a p.238 .

C. yamashinai Kuroda, 1934a p.237; Type locality- Manpo, northeastern Korea; Tate, 1947 p.60.

C. sodyi Kuroda, 1935 p.327; Type locality- Manpo, Korea; Tate, 1947 p.60; Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.566.

C. russula: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.78 .

C. russula sodyi: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.81; Won, 1958 p.451; Won, 1967 p.274; Yoon, 1992 p.25.

C. lasiura thomasi: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.84; Won, 1958 p.452; Won, 1967 p.278.

C. lasiura yamashinai: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.84; Won, 1958 p.452; Won, 1967 p.282.

C. lasiura lasiura: Won, 1958 p.452; Won, 1967 p.277; Yoon, 1992 p.26.

Range: C. lasiura ranges throughout Korea, except remote islands (3 rd National Nature-Environmental Survey 2006–2013 unpublished electronic data; Fig. 7).

Remarks: Previously, C. lasiura in Korea subsumed to three subspecies, C. l. lasiura Dobson, 1890, C. l. thomasi Sowerby, 1917 and C. l. yamashinai Kuroda, 1934 (Jones & Johnson 1960; Won 1968). However, the taxonomic status of C. lasiura in East Asia was recently converted to a monotypic species (Hutterer 2005b). Koh et al. (2014c) supported subspecific classification of C. l. thomasi for populations of Korea based on genetic differences between populations in China and Korea.

Conservation status: Gwangju metropolitan City and Gyeonggi Province designated the Ussuri white-toothed shrew as a provincially protected species, due to locally decreasing populations.