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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Sorex
SPECIES Sorex (Sorex) antinorii
| Author: | Bonaparte, 1840. | | Citation: | Iconogr. Faun. Ital., 1: 29. | | Common Name: | Valais Shrew | | Type Locality: | No exact locality given; restricted to N Italy, Lake Lugano, Porlezza, by Lehmann (1963). | | Distribution: | SE France, S Switzerland, and Italy. | | Comments: | Subgenus Sorex, S. araneus group. Formerly known as the Valais chromosome race of the common shrew (2n = 24/25, FN = 40). Given species rank, diagnosed and reviewed by Brünner et al. (2002a). A contact zone in the Alps between araneus and antinorii was investigated by Brünner et al. (2002b). Sorex arunchi may be related, if not conspecific. |
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