Sardinian shrew
Appearance
Sardinian shrew[1] Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Species: | †A. similis
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†Asoriculus similis (Hensel, 1855)
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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
References
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.