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--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura sicula
Author: | Miller, 1900. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 41. | Common Name: | Sicilian Shrew | Type Locality: | Italy, Sicily, Palermo. | Distribution: | Sicily, Egadi Isls and Ustica (Italy), and Gozo (Malta); extinct in Malta. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Revised by Hutterer (1991), who recognized one extinct and three extant subspecies. Formerly included in leucodon, russula, or suaveolens; but the species has a distinct karyotype (Sara and Vitturi, 1996; Vogel, 1988) and morphology (Vogel et al., 1989). Temporal and geographic variation studied by Hutterer (1991), Sara (1995, 1996), and Sara and Vitturi (1996). |
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