Biology:Crocidura kornfeldi
| Crocidura kornfeldi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | †C. kornfeldi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos, 1934
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Crocidura kornfeldi is an extinct species of shrew that inhabited central and southern Europe between the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is the first species of the widespread, extremely speciose genus Crocidura known with certainty to have colonized Europe. It is a widespread, well-documented species, with fossils known from Spain , Italy, Greece, Hungary, Romania, and Crimea.[1][2][3]
C. kornfeldi went extinct early in the Pleistocene, possibly due to competition with newly-arriving species such as the modern greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula), lesser white-toothed shrew (C. suaveolens), and bicolored shrew (C. leucodon). However, the extant Cretan shrew (C. zimmermanni) bears a very close morphological similarity to C. kornfeldi, and for this reason may be a relict descendant of C. kornfeldi.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rofes, Juan; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2011-01-01). "Evolutionary history and biogeography of the genus Crocidura (Mammalia, Soricidae) in Europe, with emphasis on Crocidura kornfeldi" (in en). Mammalian Biology 76 (1): 64–78. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2009.12.001. ISSN 1616-5047. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504709001827.
- ↑ Lopatin, A. V.; Tesakov, A. S. (2021-11-01). "Early Pleistocene White-toothed Shrew Crocidura kornfeldi (Lipotyphla, Soricidae) from Crimea" (in en). Doklady Biological Sciences 501 (1): 171–176. doi:10.1134/S0012496621060077. ISSN 1608-3105. PMID 34962601. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496621060077.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Crocidura kornfeldi". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=376810.
Wikidata ☰ Q113365369 entry
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