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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Crocidurinae
--> GENUS Crocidura
SPECIES Crocidura canariensis
| Author: | Hutterer, Lopez-Jurado and Vogel, 1987. | | Citation: | J. Nat. Hist., 21: 1354. | | Common Name: | Canarian Shrew | | Type Locality: | Spain, Canary Isls, Fuerteventura, Tiscamanita. | | Distribution: | E Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Lobos, Fuerteventura, Graciosa, Mtna Clara). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Related to sicula; see Maddalena and Vogel (1990) and Hutterer et al. (1992b). Sara (1995, 1996) studied the variation of mandibular measurements and found no difference between C. canariensis and C. sicula; as a consequence, he included canariensis as a subspecies in C. sicula. However, this author disregarded biological, ecological, and paleontological evidence provided by Hutterer et al. (1992b) and Michaux et al. (1991). Genetic distances suggest a separation of C. canariensis and C. sicula for 5 million years (Vogel et al., 2003). |
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