Biology:Valais shrew
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Short description: Species of mammal
Valais shrew | |
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Sorex antinorii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Sorex |
Species: | S. antinorii
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Binomial name | |
Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840
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Valais shrew range | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kryštufek, B.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Sorex antinorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136814A519144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136814A519144.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136814/519144. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700458.
External links
- "Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/search?q=Sorex+antinorii&type=EXACT.
- "Sorex antinorii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=268768.
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Wikidata ☰ Q1770403 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valais shrew.
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