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--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Sorex
SPECIES Sorex (Sorex) alpinus
| Author: | Schinz, 1837. | | Citation: | Neue Denkschr. Allgem. Schweiz. Gesell. Naturwiss. Neuchatel, 1: 13. | | Common Name: | Alpine Shrew | | Type Locality: | Switzerland, Canton Uri, St. Gotthard Pass. | | Distribution: | Montane forests of C Europe; including Pyrenees, Carpathians, Tatra, Sudeten, Harz, and Jura Mtns. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Sorex, S. alpinus group. Type species of subgenus Homalurus; see Hutterer (1982b). Reviewed by Spitzenberger (1990a). No clear subspecific variation; three karyotypic forms (2n = 54-58, FN = 68) have been described (Dannelid 1994; Lukácová et al. 1996). European range shown in Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999). Peripheral populations in the Pyrenees and the Harz Mtns (Gahsche, 1994) now probably extinct. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hercynicus Miller, 1909
intermedius Cornalia, 1870
longobarda Sordelli, 1899
tatricus Kratochvil and Rosicky, 1952
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