Valais shrew

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Valais shrew
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Sorex antinorii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. antinorii
Binomial name
Sorex antinorii
Bonaparte, 1840
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Valais shrew range
Synonyms
  • Sorex crassicaudatus Fatio, 1905
  • Sorex silanus Lehmann, 1961
  • Sorex valaicus Zagorodnyuk and Khazan, 1996

The Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. [2]

Contents

Taxonomy

Its karyotype has 2n = 24/25 and FN = 40. Until 2002, it was viewed as a chromosomal race of the wide-ranging and karyotypically polymorphic species S. araneus . [1]

Distribution

It is found in all of Italy except southern Apulia, in southeastern France, and in southern Switzerland. This species prefers areas with dense vegetation, at an elevation of 0–1,300 metres (0–4,265 ft) above sea level.

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References

  1. 1 2 Kryštufek, B.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Sorex antinorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T136814A519144. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136814A519144.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 283. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.