Crocidura orii Kuroda, 1924 . [New Mammals from the Ryukyu Islands], p. 3.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Amami-Oshima, Komi .

DISTRIBUTION: Ryukyu Isis, Japan.

COMMENTS: Provisionally included in dsinezumi (Corbet, 1978c); but regarded as a separate species by Imaizumi (1961, 1970b), Abe (1967), and Jenkins (1976). The species was first described by Kuroda (1924) in a publication which, although privately published, has been regarded as available by all subsequent authors.