Search for: [Description = "Musk shrew Suncus murinus \(Linnaeus, 1766\) has a very reduced P3, and it is often missing. Hanamura \(1985\), based on a sample from Okinawa Island, proposed that the high incidence in P3 loss was a distinguishing characteristic of musk shrew. However, while the Okinawa population lacked P3 in 26 of 95 individuals \(27.4%\), specimens from Taiwan showed no P3 loss. Thus, the high indicence of P3 loss is not one of distinguishing characteristic of musk shrews."]

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