Biology:Sardinian shrew
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Short description: Extinct species of shrew
Sardinian shrew[1] Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | †Asoriculus |
Species: | †A. similis
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Binomial name | |
†Asoriculus similis (Hensel, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Nesiotites similis Hensel, 1855 |
The Sardinian shrew (Asoriculus similis) is an extinct species of shrew from Europe (Sardinia). It may have been exterminated from the island during the Middle Ages.
See also
- List of extinct animals of Europe
References
- ↑ 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. 280. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700438.
Wikidata ☰ Q1761909 entry