This study was conducted to screen the characteristics of external and cranial characters of Crocidura shantungensis collected from Korean Peninsula, Ulleung Island and Jeju Island. There were significant differences in head-body length (HBL), tail length (TL), ear length (EL), and hind foot length (HFL) in males and HBL, TL, and HFL in females among three populations (p<0.05). The HBL and TL in the Jeju Island population were larger (8.0 mm and 4.0 mm in lengths, respectively) than those of the Korean Peninsula population. Based on skull analysis, a total of thirteen traits showed significant differences among the three populations (p<0.05). The condylo-insicive length (CIL), maximum width of brain case (MWB), mandibular length (ML), and mandibular height (MH) in the Jeju Island population were significantly larger than those of Korean Peninsula population (p<0.05). Principle component analysis (PCA) showed that two principle components (PC) identified from the PCA affected on the body size and width of the skull, respectively. Discriminant analysis revealed that these populations could be discriminated through skull traits. These findings concluded that the Jeju Island population was greater in the size than the Korean Peninsula, suggesting that the Jeju Island shrews have successfully adapted to the island environments and they had morphologically differentiated during glacial period after natural immigration into that Island. Thus, this study supports the ‘Island Rule’, showing that the population is well adapted to the island environments. This may provide important information for biogeographical and ecological studies on insular animals.

작은땃쥐(Crocidura shantungensis)의 정자 변태에 대한 연구를 전자현미경을 이용한 방법을 통해 이루어졌다. 정자세포의 핵과 세포질내 소기관의 형태학적 특징을 기초하여 정자 변태 전 과정을 11기(phase) 15 단계(step)로 각각 구분되었다. 골지 및 두모 단계의 정자세포가 구형인데 반해 첨체 전기에는 타원형으로 변하고, 이 시기부터 꼬리가 생성되기 시작하였고, 성숙기에는 가늘고 긴 정자 두부가 형성되었다. Step 7까지는 정자