Biology:Valais shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Valais shrew
Soricidae - Sorex antinorii.jpg
Sorex antinorii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. antinorii
Binomial name
Sorex antinorii
Bonaparte, 1840
Valais Shrew area.png
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

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

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1770403 entry