Valais shrew

Valais shrew
Sorex cf. antinorii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Sorex
Species:	S. antinorii
Binomial name
Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840
Valais shrew range
Synonyms
Sorex crassicaudatus Fatio, 1905 Sorex silanus Lehmann, 1961 Sorex valaicus Zagorodnyuk and Khazan, 1996

The Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.^[2]

Taxonomy

It's karyotype has 2n = 24/25 and FN = 40. Until 2002, it was viewed as a chromosomal race of the wide-ranging and karyotypically polymorphic species S. araneus.^[1]

Distribution

It is found in all of Italy except southern Apulia, in southeastern France, and in southern Switzerland.

Habitat

This species prefers areas with dense vegetation, at an elevation of 0–1,300 metres (0–4,265 ft) above sea level.

External links

• "Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840". Catalogue of Life. ITIS. Species 2000.
• "Sorex antinorii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Biolib
• Zipcodezoo

References

1. Hutterer, R.; Amori, G. & Kryštufek, B. (2008). "Sorex antinorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
2. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.