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--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura arispa
Author: | Spitzenberger, 1971. | Citation: | Ann. Naturhistor. Museum Wien, 75: 547. | Common Name: | Jackass Shrew | Type Locality: | S Turkey, Vil. Nigde, ca. 20 km ESE Ulukisla, mountains S Madenköy. | Distribution: | Taurus Mtns of S Turkey; known only from two localities (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001:91). | Comments: | A rare shrew living in rocky areas. First described as a subspecies of pergrisea (Spitzenberger, 1971a), then assigned to serezkyensis (Hutterer, 1993a), and finally given species rank by Kryštufek and Vohralík (2001). |
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